Yemen has witnessed several cases of illegal arms shipments through its porous shores and also is home to an active branch of al-Qaida.

Unified Young Armenians calls upon the Armenian community to be there and amplify our call for justice and fairness.

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake on Feb 6 triggered a tsunami that flattened several villages on the western coast of Santa Cruz Island.

Activists said 46 people have died, mostly from heavy army bombardment on the contested neighborhoods of Jobar and Zamalka.

The Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years.

Protests saw police fire tear gas at protesters in Tunis and the central town of Gafsa, as a political crisis deepened.

The protesters are calling for Beijing to allow greater religious freedom and the return from exile of the Dalai Lama, who lives in India.

Turkey is on a "grey list" of countries drawn up by the 36-member Financial Action Task Force a money-laundering watchdog.

The Ariane 5 delivered a total calculated mass of 10,317 kilograms into geostationary transfer orbit, according to Arianespace.