Only 33 people rescued after a wooden vessel carrying 200 migrants sank off the coast of the Indonesian island of Java.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is asking lawmakers to withdraw confidence from his deputy after Saleh al-Mutlaq made controversial comments this week over American forces withdrawing from Iraq, state media reported late Saturday.
Demonstrators beaten in Tahrir Square in a second day of clashes that have killed 10 people and wounded more than 430.
At least 436 people killed as flash floods hit Iligan and the island of Mindanao following tropical storm Washi.
The US Senate has cleared a deal, already passed by the House of Representatives, to avoid a federal shutdown.
Three-week state of emergency imposed on oil town where at least 10 people were killed in a clash with police.
Security Council unfreezes assets of banks that had been under control of Gaddafi, clearing way for return of $40bn.
An arrest warrant has been issued against the Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-hashimi late Saturday for being the mastermind behind the recent bombing targeting the parliament, spokesman of Baghdad police operations said. The car bombing which took place o
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The US Senate has cleared a deal, already passed by the House of Representatives, to avoid a federal shutdown.