Guatemalan police search for massacre suspects
2011-05-17 13:45:48
Guatemalan police said on Monday they captured a suspected member of Mexico's feared Zetas cartel in connection with a massacre that left 27 people dead in a Guatemalan village on Sunday morning.
Strauss-Kahn accused of 2002 sex assault
2011-05-17 11:09:17
French voters who've shrugged at politicians' infidelities for decades are suddenly grappling with something far more serious: allegations that International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn engaged in a pattern of sexual assaults dating to at least 2002.
Salvadoran police investigate plane crash killing 2 Chinese
2011-05-17 10:58:42
El Salvador's National Civil Police (PNC) on Monday were investigating the crash of a small plane that killed the pilot and two Chinese nationals in a region close to the capital.
Cuba rejects US claim over dissident's death
2011-05-17 10:42:27
Cuba on Monday rejected US politicians' claim over the death of a Cuban dissident, saying Washington said so because it is "seeking excuses" to invade the island country.
Timeline of events in Strauss-Kahn case
2011-05-17 10:24:23
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was denied bail on Monday on charges he sexually assaulted a maid at a New York hotel, a scandal that appeared to wreck his hopes of running for president of France.
IMF crisis opens door to emerging nations
2011-05-17 09:18:02
The arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn has plunged the International Monetary Fund into a leadership dilemma.
War crimes prosecutor seeks Gadhafi
2011-05-17 09:08:17
The UN Security Council ordered the ICC investigation, so UN member states would be obliged to arrest him if he ventured into their territory.
800 killed in Nigeria post-election riots
2011-05-17 08:41:42
At least 800 people were killed in postelection violence that swept across northern Nigeria.
Dogs sniff out explosives in truck in Kuwait
2011-05-17 08:39:04
Kuwaiti police dogs sniffed out plastic explosives hidden in a pickup truck that was trying to enter an industrial seaport in the Gulf Arab state, security officials said on Monday.
350 injured in Israeli embassy violence
2011-05-17 07:39:17
Over 350 people were injured on Monday in violence after a protest erupted outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo to mark the 63rd anniversary for the Palestinian Nakba Day.
IMF chief moved to notorious jail
2011-05-17 06:57:23
Strauss-Kahn was denied bail and sent to New York's notorious Rikers Island jail.
IMF chief denied bail in sex case
2011-05-17 06:57:23
The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn must remain jailed without bail over alleged sexual assault.