Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) - A Saudi special court jailed 33 people for up to 30 years after finding them guilty of "forming a terror cell" among other charges, state news agency SPA reported Monday....

Sao Paulo - FIFA Sepp Blatter hit back at critics of football's governing body ahead of its annual congress Tuesday claiming that racism is behind corruption accusations against Qatar's 2022 World...

Mosul (Iraq) - Suspected jihadists Tuesday seized Iraq's entire northern province of Nineveh and its capital Mosul, the country's second-largest city, in a major blow to authorities, who appear...

Damascus - Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, a human rights lawyer told AFP on Tuesday....

New York - This year's World Cup will play out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and messaging apps just as it progresses in stadiums from Sao Paulo to Rio De Janeiro....

Wellington - Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said Monday he was offering a US$5 million "bounty" to whistleblowers for information to help fight an online piracy case brought by the United States....

Durban (South Africa) - Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o won the personality of the year award at the 2014 MTV African Music Awards (MAMA) held in South Africa's southeastern city of...

Los Angeles - A young German filmmaker won the best foreign movie student Academy Award on Saturday, at a film-school version of the Oscars....

Los Angeles - Psy, who set off a global sensation with "Gangnam Style", tried out a fresh sound as he released a hip-hop tale of drunken debauchery co-starring rap legend Snoop Dogg....

Washington - Women from across the United States battled for the traditional Miss USA crown, and in the end, it was ex-tae kwon do teacher Nia Sanchez of Nevada who took it home....

Cairo - Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted Egypt's elected Islamist leader, warned Sunday there will be "no leniency" for acts of violence, in his first address as the country's new...

Johannesburg - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma left hospital late Sunday, the day after he was admitted for routine tests following a bout of exhaustion, this office said....

Sao Paulo - The first kick at the World Cup opening ceremony will be made by a paraplegic wearing an Iron Man-like robotic bodysuit controlled by signals from the brain....

Nouakchott: Ces chirurgies à cœur ouvert, classées parmi les interventions nécessitant des expertises de haut niveaux, sont pratiquées sur des malades mauritaniens nécessiteux et des cas urgents. Une...

Nouakchott - Le centre culturel marocain de Nouakchott abrite, du 5 au 15 mai courant, une exposition de timbres poste, de pièces de monnaie et de billets de banque placée sous le thème ''le timbre...

Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it was temporarily freezing its operations in Libya to assess the security situation after a Swiss staffer was killed by gunmen....

Bukavu (DR Congo) - At least two people were killed on Thursday when 301 inmates staged a dawn jailbreak from an eastern Democratic Republic of Congo prison, police said....

Sao Paulo - Commuters faced major traffic woes in Sao Paulo Thursday as subway workers went on strike, causing chaos in the Brazilian metropolis a week before it hosts the World Cup opener....

Paris - Simona Halep became the first Romanian woman to reach a Grand Slam final in 34 years Thursday when she beat Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 7-6, (7/4) to set-up a French Open title clash against Maria...