An unidentified gunman shot dead a judge and a clerk in a court room in central Brussels on Thursday, a Brussels prosecution spokesman said.

Afghan tribal elders discussed ways to reach out to the Taliban on Thursday, despite a rocket and gunfire attack by the insurgents aimed at disrupting a national conference seeking an end to nearly ni

Somali pirates hijacked a Panama-flagged cargo ship and its 24-strong crew in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, the European Union’s anti-piracy taskforce said.

Palestinians flocked to the Gaza-Egypt border on Wednesday after Cairo said it would indefinitely open the frontier — a move widely seen as an attempt by the Arab state to deflect criticism of its blo

Greece on Wednesday outlined plans to sell stakes in state-owned railway, water and real estate companies as part of a drive to raise billions of euros to help restore its ailing public finances.

Barcelona have made a formal offer to Arsenal to buy Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas.
“Yesterday afternoon we presented a firm, written offer to Arsenal,” director general Joan Oliver told the club’s website (www.fcbarcelona.com) on Wednesday.

Israel can probably live with the diplomatic cost of its bloody storming of Turkish-backed aid ships bound for Gaza — unless its US ally fails to shield it.

The Afghanistan government has suspended the activities of two Western aid groups on suspicion of proselytising, an official said on Monday.

Israeli commandos who raided a Gaza aid ship on Monday were set upon by activists with knives and clubs and some troops jumped overboard to save themselves, according to an Israeli account.

The United Nations Security Council will meet on Monday afternoon for an emergency session to discuss Israel’s storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Security Council diplomats said.