Yemen President Saleh 'leaves Saudi hospital'

Yemen President Saleh 'leaves Saudi hospital'

Yemen President Saleh 'leaves Saudi hospital'

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT

Wounded leader reported to have been taken to temporary residence in Saudi capital of Riyadh to recover from treatment.


London rioters battle police after shooting protest (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Police officers wearing riot gear stand near a burning car in Tottenham, north London August 7, 2011. Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars alight in north London on Saturday following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week. It is not known if the burning car in the picture is a police car. REUTERS/Stefan WermuthReuters - Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in north London overnight, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire in some of the worst disorder seen in the British capital in recent years.

Rebels launch push in western Libya, aim for coast (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Libyan men eat food after breaking the fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with a portrait of Omar Mukhtar, the symbol of the anti-Gadhafi campaign at right, at the square in t rebel-held Benghazi, Libya, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. From Syria to Libya and Egypt, the uprisings and unrest gripping the Arab world have cast a pall on the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month when the traditional focus on piety will likely be eclipsed by more unrest. Mukhtar was a guerrilla leader killed by the Italian occupiers in 1931. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - Rebels launched a new offensive out of their stronghold in Libya's western mountains, battling regime forces on a new front in a bid to break a months-long deadlock and push toward Tripoli, the heartland of Moammar Gadhafi's rule on the Mediterranean coast.

London rioters battle police after shooting protest

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:59 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in north London overnight, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire in some of the worst disorder seen in the British capital in recent years.

NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:26 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Foreign forces in Afghanistan were investigating on Sunday the crash of a helicopter believed to have been shot down, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, seven Afghans and an interpreter in the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in a decade of war.

NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai attends the funeral ceremony for his younger brother Ahmad Wali Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul in this July 15,2011 file photo.REUTERS/Massoud Hossaini/PoolReuters - Foreign forces in Afghanistan were investigating on Sunday the crash of a helicopter believed to have been shot down, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, seven Afghans and an interpreter in the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in a decade of war.

S.Korea, US to practise destroying N.Korea weapons (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:00 PM PDT

A US soldier takes a position during a joint military drill between South Korea and the US in Paju near the inter-Korean border, in June. US and S.Korean troops will practise destroying N.Korean weapons of mass destruction during an annual joint exercise this month to improve their combat-readiness, according to a report.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - US and South Korean troops will practise destroying North Korean weapons of mass destruction during an annual joint exercise this month to improve their combat-readiness, according to a report.

VIDEO: Massive protests in Israel

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT

At least a quarter of a million Israelis have staged marches over the rising cost of living.


VIDEO: Massive protests in Israel

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT

At least a quarter of a million Israelis have staged marches over the rising cost of living.


VIDEO: Protecting the Galapagos Islands

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:15 AM PDT

Conservation officials are cracking down on tours of the Galapagos Islands in a bid to protect its endangered animals and marine life.


VIDEO: Protecting the Galapagos Islands

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 04:15 AM PDT

Conservation officials are cracking down on tours of the Galapagos Islands in a bid to protect its endangered animals and marine life.


UN chief heads to Japan as nuclear crisis simmers (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT

UN chief Ban Ki-moon, pictured here in July 2011, arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Japan on Sunday, where he plans to visit the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone, as the crippled atomic power plant simmers and a food safety scare deepens.

£1.3 mln spent monthly on pilot costs in Libya op (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:44 PM PDT

A RAF Typhoon supporting the international air campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces takes off from Gioia del Colle airbase in Italy in March 2011. The government is spending £1.3 million ($2.1 million, 1.5 million euros) a month on accomodation for 1,000 service personnel in Italy while they conduct air strikes on Libya, official figures showed Sunday.(AFP/File/Giovanni Marino)AFP - The government is spending £1.3 million ($2.1 million, 1.5 million euros) a month on accomodation for 1,000 service personnel in Italy while they conduct air strikes on Libya, official figures showed Sunday.

Malnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:27 PM PDT

Minhaj Gedi Farah, a seven-month-old child who arrived with a weight of 3.4 kilos Tuesday, July 26, 201 at the International Rescue Committee hospital in the Eastern Kenyan village of Hagadera near Dadaab, 100 kms (60 miles) from the Somali border, is photographed in his mother's hands, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Minhaj condition drastically improved since his arrival, his current weight being 3.8 kilos. The drought and famine in the horn of Africa has killed more than 29,000 children under the age of 5 in the last 90 days in southern Somalia alone, according to U.S. estimates. The U.N. says 640,000 Somali children are acutely malnourished, suggesting the death toll of small children will rise. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Only 10 days ago, Minhaj Gedi Farah was too weak to cry and his skin crumpled liked thin leather under the pressure of his mother's hands. Now doctors say the severely malnourished 7-month-old appears out of danger of joining the more than 29,000 children who already have died in the famine.

Shanghai soaked as typhoon heads along China coast (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:49 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, fishing boats are seen parked in the Shenjiamen Harbor in Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang province. China warned residents and alerted emergency relief centers Friday to prepare for Typhoon Muifa to hit the country's heavily populated eastern coast. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Typhoon Muifa pounded China's commercial capital of Shanghai with high winds and heavy rain Sunday while more than 400,000 residents along the country's east coast were moved to shelter and tens of thousands of fishing boats recalled to port.

38 dead as Afghan Taliban down US chopper (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 08:08 PM PDT

US soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2-87 Infantry, 3d Brigade Combat Team seal off a canal running through Highway 1 on the outskirts of Kandalay village. Thirty US troops and seven Afghan special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, said officials, the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war.(AFP/Romeo Gacad)AFP - Thirty US troops including special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said, in the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war.

Riot Hits London After Police Shooting

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 07:53 PM PDT

The gritty north London neighborhood of Tottenham exploded in anger Saturday night after a young man was shot to death by police.


VIDEO: Londoner tells of fears amid unrest

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 07:02 PM PDT

Petrol bombs are thrown at police and a shop, three patrol cars and a bus set on fire in a disturbance linked to the fatal shooting by police of a man in Tottenham, north London. Charlotte Allen, who lives opposite the police station, said there needs to be some action taken to make the area safer.


Capello starts last campaign beset by injury woes (AFP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:51 PM PDT

Fabio Capello (pictured in May) begins the final season of his England reign beset by problems in midfield ahead of a friendly against Holland at Wembley. Capello, who has reaffirmed his intention to retire from football after Euro 2012, hopes to end his career on a high but is once again finding English football provides unexpected hurdles.(AFP/File/Glyn Kirk)AFP - Fabio Capello begins the final season of his England reign beset by problems in midfield ahead of a friendly against Holland at Wembley.

Chavez: Venezuela not immune from US economic woes (AP)

Posted: 06 Aug 2011 06:56 PM PDT

In this photo provided by Miraflores Presidential Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Aug. 6, 2011. Chavez said Saturday that Venezuela is not immune to the economic woes afflicting the U.S. and Europe despite efforts to distance itself from world powers and establish a socialist system. Chavez is going to Cuba this weekend for a second round of chemotherapy for his cancer. (AP Photo/Miraflores Presidential Office)AP - President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuela is not immune to the economic woes afflicting the U.S. and Europe despite efforts to distance itself from world powers and establish a socialist system.
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