Politics

Chadians in the Central African try to flee

Chadians living in the Central African Republic try to flee the violence. AFP journalists saw dozens of people packed into lorries headed north and accompanied by Chadian MISCA troops.Duration:00:41

Jan 17, 2014

Bomb blast at an Islamic preaching centre in northwest Pakistan

A bomb blast at an Islamic preaching centre in troubled northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 50, officials said. Duration:00:51

Jan 17, 2014

Mexican govt forces regain ground in restive Michoacan

Federal police and army troops said they had 17 cities and towns in western Mexico under control Wednesday after seizing a drug cartel's bastion and clashing with vigilantes. Duration: 00:47

Jan 17, 2014

Hollande's ex-partner says 'page needs to be turned'

Segolene Royal, the former partner of French President Francois Hollande and mother of his four children, declines to comment directly on Hollande's alleged affair with a French actress, saying that 'the page needs to be turned.' Duration: 00:28

Jan 17, 2014

Candles are lit in Beirut as Hariri killing trial opens

Candles surrounded the statue of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri on Thursday evening in the Lebanese capital, as the trial of those accused of his killing begins in the Hague, Netherlands. Duration: 00:37

Jan 17, 2014

UN warns of genocide in C.Africa as country in transition

The Central African Republic began the search for a peacemaker president Tuesday after months of sectarian violence that displaced a fifth of the population. Duration: 00:54

Jan 17, 2014

Amnesty condemns Nigeria's anti-gay marriage law

Nigeria provoked international outrage earlier this week after President Goodluck Jonathan ratified a controversial bill outlawing gay marriage and same-sex unions under threat of imprisonment. Duration: 00:48

Jan 17, 2014

Saad Hariri welcomes the start of his father's killing trial

Four Hezbollah members went on trial in absentia at a special UN tribunal on Thursday accused of murdering Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri in a 2005 car bombing, as sectarian tensions ran high in the Middle East country. Duration: 00:54

Jan 17, 2014

Ukrainians rally to show support for President Yanukovych

Protesters filled the Maidan independance square in Kiev on Thursday to support Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday. Duration: 00:43

Jan 17, 2014

Panda cub Bao Bao prepares for first big showing in DC

The giant panda cub of Washington's National Zoo, Bao Bao - "treasure" or "precious" in Mandarin -, will make its first public appearance this Saturday in front of thousands of eager onlookers. Duration: 01:00

Jan 17, 2014

Vatican grilled on child abuse by UN watchdog

The Vatican insisted Thursday it is committed to stamping out sexual abuse by the clergy, as top Church officials were grilled before the UN's child rights watchdog. Duration: 01:08

Jan 17, 2014

Freed Qaeda hostage pleads for husband's release

A South African woman freed by Al-Qaeda last week after nine months in captivity in Yemen appealed for her husband's release on Thursday, after negotiations with the captors collapsed. Duration: 01:09

Jan 17, 2014

Delhi police hunt for more suspects over Danish gang-rape

Indian police carried out raids across New Delhi Thursday as they hunted for a further six men wanted over the gang-rape of a Danish tourist which has cast the country's record on sexual violence back into the spotlight.

Jan 16, 2014

Hundreds of people turn out to show support for Thai election

Hundreds of Thais turned out to show support for planned elections on Thursday. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has called an election for February 2 in an effort to defuse the kingdom's deepening political crisis but the main opposition Democrat Party is boycotting the polls, which they fear will only return the Shinawatra family to power.

Jan 16, 2014

Indonesia floods leave 16 dead, thousands displaced

At least 16 people have been killed and 40,000 have fled their homes after torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island.

Jan 16, 2014