Europe Germany takes steps to criminalise bestiality Germany’s parliament is considering making bestiality illegal, over forty years since it was made legal. The bill aims to qualify current legislation which makes it ille...
Africa Mursi protests continue in Egypt Egyptian protesters have vowed to continue defying President Mohammed Mursi’s wide-ranging new powers. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the country on Tuesday, in on...
Africa Mass rally against Mursi in Cairo Tens of thousands of people are holding a protest in Cairo against Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi, who last week granted himself extensive new powers. Flag-waving demonstrators a...
Africa Eleven dead in suicide bombing at Nigerian barracks church as gunmen attack police HQ Suicide bombers have attacked a church inside a military barracks in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuri...
Africa Uganda: Death penalty removed from Anti-Homosexuality Bill Members of the Ugandan Parliament have decided against the death penalty for homosexuals. The Ugandan government is due to pass the Anti-Homosexuality Bill befor...
Africa M23 rebels dispel requests to withdraw from key city The M23 rebels in the DR Congo have refused to leave the city of Goma, saying they will “stay […] waiting for negotiations”. The request to leave the territory...
Africa Benghazi police chief assassinated Colonel Farraj al-Dursi, the police chief of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, has been assassinated overnight, officials have said. Col Dursi was targeted outside his home in a...
Africa Mali Islamists claim Menaka victory over rebels Militant Islamists in northern Mali say they have driven Tuareg-led rebels out of the desert town of Menaka. The rebels have denied the claim, insisting that fighting ...
Asia US President Obama hails Burma’s ‘remarkable journey’ Burma is on a “remarkable journey” of reform but has much further to go, Barack Obama has said as he made the first visit to the South East Asian natio...