Mubarak being transported from a military helicopter to an ambulance outside the military hospital where he is held, after his court hearing on Thursday. He is the only one from his coterie still detained.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. Published.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz (centre) smiles as he arrives at Halim airport in Jakarta on March 1, 2017. PHOTO: AFP. Published. 18 min ago. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email More. Share Tweet Linkedin Pin Google+ Reddit Print Purchase ...

Finnish phone brand Nokia on Sunday (Feb 26) launched a revamped version of its iconic 3310 model, 12 years after it was discontinued. The original was known for its sturdiness, gaining cult-like status on the Internet with memes about it being ...

Finnish phone brand Nokia on Sunday (Feb 26) launched a revamped version of its iconic 3310 model, 12 years after it was discontinued. The original was known for its sturdiness, gaining cult-like status on the Internet with memes about it being ...

FRANCEVILLE (Gabon) • The nearly men of African football in recent years, Ghana, go into a sixth consecutive semi-final at the Africa Cup of Nations when they face Cameroon today. The Black Stars have not won the trophy since 1982, instead gaining a ...

Volcanic smoke rise from Mount Ontake, which straddles Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan on Sept 30, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS/KYODO. TOKYO (AFP) - Volcanic tremors and fears over a fresh eruption forced rescuers with gas masks to halt ...

A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (centre), referring to the Bring ...

Bangladeshi police use teargas to try to break up a demonstration against a court ruling commuting the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee in Dhaka on Sept 17, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP. DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's highest ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - The Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that its planes had not approached a Canadian frigate on a Nato mission in the Black Sea in an incident Ottawa denounced as "unnecessarily provocative". Moscow said the Sukhoi Su-24 ...

A handout picture obtained in London on Sept 7, 2014, shows a contemporary sketch of Jewish emigrant Aaron Kosminski, who author Russell Edwards claims in his new book was the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. -- PHOTO: AFP. Author Russell ...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has threatened to break off a unity agreement with Hamas if the Islamist movement does not allow the government to operate properly in the Gaza Strip. And prime minister ...

TALLINN, Estonia (Reuters) - The United States plans to fight Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) until it is no longer a force in the Middle East and will seek justice for the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, President Barack Obama said on ...

Soldiers checking sacks of rice at a warehouse in Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok, on July 3, 2014. One of the first measures Thailand's military regime took after seizing power on May 22 was to pay millions of rice farmers money owed to them by the ...

There has never been a more fashionable time to record a video of yourself dumping a bucket of freezing cold water on your head, and for that, we have former baseball player Pete Frates to thank for popularising the social media craze. Frates, 29, who was ...

People walk in front of a building damaged by, what locals say, was recent shelling by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk on August 20, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS. KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (REUTERS/AFP) - Heavy shelling hit residential neighbourhoods in ...

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - The armed wing of Hamas warned foreign airlines on Wednesday against flying into Tel Aviv, threatening to step up its six-week conflict with Israel and declaring truce talks in Cairo over. "We are warning international ...

FERGUSON (REUTERS, AFP) – Police said Wednesday they had arrested 47 people during a night of protests in Ferguson, the Missouri town rocked by violence over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri ...

Pope Francis takes part in a mass in front of thousands of followers at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on Aug 15, 2014. Pope Francis met relatives of South Korea's ferry disaster on Friday as 45,000 people packed into a sports stadium for a mass on the first ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has become the latest celebrity to be doused by a bucket of ice-cold water - and now he wants Bill Gates to follow suit. Aimed at raising awareness and cash for the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease, ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has become the latest celebrity to be doused by a bucket of ice-cold water - and now he wants Bill Gates to follow suit. Aimed at raising awareness and cash for the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease, ...