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Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon sentenced to nearly 18 years for fraud

The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company was sentenced Monday to nearly 18 years in jail for cheating banking giant HSBC out of millions of dollars in one of the country's most serious cases of fraud.

'Critically endangered' African penguins just want peace and food

Mashudu Mashau says it takes about two minutes to catch a penguin, a task he does weekly to investigate sightings of injured or sickly seabirds.

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Italy's Berlusconi acquitted in starlet bribery trial

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious "bunga bunga" parties.

Tax raids at BBC India offices enter second day

Indian tax department raids at BBC offices entered a second day Wednesday, journalists at the broadcaster told AFP, in an action rights groups linked to critical coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

At 81, South Africa's fearless rights defender Navi Pillay fights on

At the height of apartheid, young South African lawyer Navi Pillay made history by securing better conditions for political prisoners incarcerated on the infamous Robben Island, including Nelson Mandela.

New hope for forests of ancient Athens' silver hills

It was once the source of Athens' fabulous golden-age wealth before its hillsides were blackened by fire after fire and scandalously torched by a foreign mining company.

'Crackland' clown seeks to bring hope to Brazil addicts

Every Thursday, Brazilian psychiatrist Flavio Falcone trades his white lab coat for a red clown nose and heads to a decidedly unfunny place: a squalid Sao Paulo neighborhood known as "Crackland."

Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four

Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500 more.

'Lucky tiger': Fukushima fishermen pin hopes on pufferfish

The pufferfish filling nets in Fukushima are a delicacy that can kill if wrongly prepared. But to a community devastated by a 2011 nuclear disaster, they are also a lifeline.

Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland

Forced to flee by the Taliban, Fatima Haidari now offers virtual tours of Afghanistan from her new home in Italy -- with the proceeds funding secret English classes for women there.

Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills three

Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed three people and displaced 10,500 more.

Iraq dig uncovers 5,000 year old pub restaurant

Archaeologists in southern Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern dating back nearly 5,000 years they hope will illuminate the lives of ordinary people in the world's first cities.

Hundreds wed in Valentine's Day ceremony in Mexico

Hundreds of couples wed Tuesday in a mass ceremony on Valentine's Day in one of the last Mexican states to legalize same-sex marriage.

Verdict for Italy's Berlusconi in starlet bribery trial

An Italian court is set to rule Wednesday on whether billionaire ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi bribed witnesses to lie about his "bunga bunga" parties in an underage prostitution case.

Three dead in New Zealand cyclone

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed three deaths after Cyclone Gabrielle cut a trail of destruction across northern New Zealand, with helicopters plucking hundreds from their roofs as floods surged overnight.

Biden's antitrust enforcer Khan hit by resignation

A top competition enforcer for US President Joe Biden was accused Tuesday of abusing her power and bias against big tech as the last remaining Republican resigned from the Federal Trade Commission.

Air India unveils record plane order with Airbus, Boeing

Air India will purchase 470 planes from Airbus and Boeing under an historic pair of mega agreements announced Tuesday, transforming the former national carrier as it prepares for scorching growth.

New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly re-opened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week's earthquake, which killed nearly 40,000 people in the region.

Police find more body parts in popular Paris park

French investigators on Tuesday found more human remains including a head in Paris' busy Buttes-Chaumont park, prosecutors said, after part of a woman's body was discovered the day before.

Three students killed, five wounded in US campus shooting

A public tip-off led US police to the gunman who shot dead three people and severely injured five more -- all of them students -- during a deadly rampage on a university campus, police said Tuesday.

In Channel, major resources track small boats

Fifteen months after 27 migrants drowned in the Channel, the efforts to prevent another tragedy are visible from the bridge of the French navy boat BSAM Rhone as it patrols on a cold February night.

Belief, law and medicine collide in I. Coast 'magic' case

"My grandson fell ill during the night and in the morning he was dead. He was a year and a few months old and could just about walk," said Amena Djaha.

Battle to save lives in field hospital after Turkey quake

After being trapped beneath rubble for 180 hours, 25-year-old Abir is now fighting for her life in a field hospital after a catastrophic earthquake hit Turkey and Syria.

Three dead, five wounded in US campus shooting: police

A gunman who killed at least three people and wounded five on a US university campus shot himself dead Monday after a massive police manhunt.

Focus turns to survivors as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 35,000

Among the rubble, hundreds of thousands of homeless people face cold and hunger as authorities in Turkey and Syria tackle the dire humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquake that has left more than 35,000 dead.

Three dead, 5 wounded in US campus shooting: police

Three people were killed and five others wounded Monday when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States, before fleeing the scene, local police said.

Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night

Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.

Woman's remains found in bag in Paris park: security source

Paris city workers discovered the dismembered lower torso of a woman in a bag in a popular park in the northeast of the French capital on Monday, security sources said.

Portugal Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry

Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims' accounts.

Ex-UK policeman jailed for murder admits indecent exposure

A former UK policeman jailed for life for the kidnap, rape and murder of London woman Sarah Everard pleaded guilty on Monday to three counts of indecent exposure.

Thousands protest outside Israel parliament against judicial reforms

Thousands of Israelis protested outside parliament on Monday against the government's controversial judicial reform plan, which aims to give lawmakers substantially more control over the supreme court.

Quake stalls election campaign of Turkey's splintered opposition

Turkey's splintered political opposition was supposed to agree Monday on a joint candidate to challenge Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 20-year grip on power at the ballot box.

Turkey-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000

The toll from last week's earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose above 35,000 on Monday, as rescue teams started to wind down the search for survivors and the aid effort shifted to hundreds of thousands of people made homeless.

Ex-CEO Braun denies 'all charges' in Wirecard fraud trial

Wirecard's ex-CEO Markus Braun denied all charges against him and insisted he had no knowledge of the massive accounting fraud that brought down the German payments firm, as he took the stand for the first time on Monday.

'Enlightened tingle': Aussie cafe offers $140 cup of coffee

At US$140 a pop, one cafe in Melbourne, Australia is serving up no ordinary cup of joe.

Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake

Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkey and Syria leaving more than 33,000 dead, as the UN warned the toll was set to rise far higher.

Latvian winner causes a stir at world sommelier championships

A competitor from non-wine producing Latvia has caused a stir at this year's Best Sommelier in the World contest, trouncing the entrant from France and claiming the top prize with his dizzying "thirst for knowledge".

Trugoy of De La Soul dies at 54: US media

David Jolicoeur, member of the De La Soul trio who went by "Trugoy the Dove," has died, US media reported Sunday. He was 54 years old.

UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000

The United Nations denounced Sunday the failure to deliver desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher.

Cyprus ex-foreign minister tipped to be next president

Former Cypriot foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was tipped Sunday to become the next president, five television stations projected based on exit polls after a tight runoff in the small EU member state.

UN warns of aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000

The UN denounced Sunday a failure to get desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning that the death toll of over 33,000 from an earthquake that also devastated Turkey could double.

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