Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi - source

Kosovo police arrest suspected crime boss Kelmendi - source
Israel to Assad: air strikes did not aim to help Syria rebels
Premeditation key in trial of U.S. soldier who killed fellow servicemen
Head of polling centre, policeman injured following attack while delivering ballot box
Najib to be sworn in as PM at Istana Negara this afternoon
More than a diary app, Step is a "personal data aggregator"
Clash resumes in contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials
Cold War bunker in Bosnia revived by modern art
Supreme Court allows protest-hit Indian nuclear plant
Would-be robber thwarted by chilli
Opposition to fight 'stolen' Malaysia polls: Anwar
The strong wind of anti-ruling in Chinese community
Indonesia summons UK ambassador over separatist office
Apple to stop supporting original iPhone this year
VIDEO: Would you eat bugs instead of meat?
Germany riveted at start of neo-Nazi murder trial
Vietnam seizes 7kg of rhino horn: state media
Clash resumes on contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials
VIDEO: Seven dead in Dhaka Islamist protest
VIDEO: Neo-Nazi trial begins in Germany

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:22 AM PDT

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Police in Kosovo have arrested Naser Kelmendi suspected by the United States of trafficking heroin and cocaine to Europe through the Balkans, a senior police source said on Monday.

Israel to Assad: air strikes did not aim to help Syria rebels

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:06 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sought to persuade Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that its recent air strikes around Damascus did not aim to weaken him in the face of a more than two-year-old rebellion.

Premeditation key in trial of U.S. soldier who killed fellow servicemen

Posted: 06 May 2013 01:02 AM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty to shooting dead five fellow servicemen at a military counselling centre in Iraq is set to face court-martial on Monday, where a judge's sentence will hinge greatly upon his finding of premeditation.

Head of polling centre, policeman injured following attack while delivering ballot box

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:33 AM PDT

The head of a polling centre and a policeman sustained light injuries after they were attacked by more than 20 supporters of a political party while sending a ballot box to the Vote Tallying Centre at the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) in Tumpat, last night.

Najib to be sworn in as PM at Istana Negara this afternoon

Posted: 06 May 2013 12:15 AM PDT

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak takes his oath of office as the prime minister at Istana Negara at 4pm Monday.

More than a diary app, Step is a "personal data aggregator"

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:57 PM PDT

For people who want a comprehensive record of their personal life over time and in one place, a new app bills itself not only as a smart journaling app but as a "personal data aggregator."

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Clash resumes in contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:34 PM PDT

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A new bout of fighting erupted on Monday in a border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the latest indication of a sharp deterioration in relations between the important U.S. allies.

Cold War bunker in Bosnia revived by modern art

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:54 PM PDT

Obsolete and lifeless for years, a secret anti-nuclear shelter built inside a remote Bosnian mountain during the Cold War for Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito has opened its doors as a modern art space.

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Supreme Court allows protest-hit Indian nuclear plant

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:50 PM PDT

India's Supreme Court gave the green light on Monday to the commissioning of a nuclear power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu that has been the target of widespread protests.

Would-be robber thwarted by chilli

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:49 PM PDT

A quick-thinking worker at a takeaway food store in Sydney has stopped an attempted robbery by throwing a bucket of chilli at a would-be thief, leaving him with minor burns, Australian police said Monday.

Opposition to fight 'stolen' Malaysia polls: Anwar

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

Anwar Ibrahim said Monday his Malaysian opposition planned to contest the results of a bitter weekend election battle and that the 56-year-old ruling bloc, which retained its grip on power, had "lost its legitimacy".

The strong wind of anti-ruling in Chinese community

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:47 PM PDT

Voters have made their choices and what the BN should do now is to analyse the reasons.

Indonesia summons UK ambassador over separatist office

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT

Indonesia on Monday summoned the British ambassador in Jakarta to protest after a group supporting the independence of the restive Papua region set up its headquarters in England, the envoy said.

Apple to stop supporting original iPhone this year

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:24 PM PDT

A leaked internal memo shows that the 2007 breakthrough device will be reclassified as obsolete this summer meaning that owners outside the US will no longer be able to get their devices serviced.

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VIDEO: Would you eat bugs instead of meat?

Posted: 05 May 2013 11:08 PM PDT

Researchers in the Netherlands are looking at ways to persuade people to get their protein from bugs instead of meat.

Germany riveted at start of neo-Nazi murder trial

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:45 PM PDT

MUNICH, Germany, May 6 — The surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell blamed for a series of racist murders that scandalised Germany and shamed its authorities goes on trial today in one of the most anticipated court cases in recent German history. The chance discovery of the gang, the National Socialist Underground (NSU), which had gone undetected for ...

Vietnam seizes 7kg of rhino horn: state media

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:56 PM PDT

More than seven kilos of rhino horn have been seized by customs officials in Vietnam, state-run media said Monday, amid pressure on the communist country to stem demand stoking a poaching boom.

Clash resumes on contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials

Posted: 05 May 2013 10:32 PM PDT

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and Pakistan troops exchanged fire on Monday at a contested border area in eastern Afghanistan days after an Afghan border policeman was killed, Afghan officials said.