International

(CNN) -- An explosion in a bus station filled with laborers killed 18 people in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, authorities said Friday. The explosion injured 66 people Thursday night, said Manzo Ezekiel, a spokesman for the National…

(CNN) -- A soldier was killed Friday in a suicide blast at an army checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, state news reported. The blast in the town of El Tur wounded three other soldiers, the MENA news agency said. In an unrelated…

(CNN) -- It is a scene seared forever into the memory of an eyewitness: Masked men drag the bloodied body of a man across a public square, and tie it to a make-shift cross on a metal pole. Green string holds the body's arms outstretched…

(CNN) -- Embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said he is taking a break from his re-election campaign to seek help for alcohol abuse -- hours after a local newspaper reported on a new video that allegedly shows him smoking crack cocaine. "It's…

(CNN) -- Part of the Escambia County, Florida, jail collapsed after an apparent gas explosion, killing two inmates and injuring about 100 others. The explosion happened late Wednesday night in the Pensacola jail's central booking area,…

Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Gerry Adams' arrest in connection with the 1972 abduction and killing of a mother of 10 by the Irish Republican Army is being praised by the family of the victim. "The McConville family is glad to see…

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukraine has ordered the expulsion of a Russian naval diplomat after alleged spying this week, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said on its Facebook page. The statement said the attache was detained "while he was committing…

London (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Harry is officially single again after splitting with Cressida Bonas, his girlfriend of two years. The two had been widely tipped to marry in the next big royal wedding. Speculation became feverish after…

(CNN) -- With a backdrop of rapidly growing violence, Iraqis voted Wednesday in their first nationwide polls since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. forces Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is battling for a third term in office, but faces fierce…

(ZIZ)-- The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, this morning, officially opened the doors to a dual purpose building, known as DeZen House, which will facilitate training for the force's women. The ceremony was brief but…

(CNN) -- An Egyptian court has sentenced the leader of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood and hundreds of supporters to death, state television said Monday. Intensifying a crackdown on the Islamist movement ahead of elections next month, …

Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea conducted a live-fire drill Tuesday near its disputed western sea border with the South, immediately inviting a stern rebuke from its neighbor. "The South Korean Army, Air Force and Navy is fully prepared for…

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- The web of blame in the South Korean ferry sinking is getting wider, and now the country's president is accepting some of the heat. President Park Geun-hye apologized to the nation Tuesday over the government's…

(CNN) -- More than 50 people were killed in "terrorist" mortar and car bomb attacks in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs on Tuesday, state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. formed through conflict A car bombing in Homs killed 36,…

ZIZ News -- The outstanding sportsmen and women for the year 2013 on Nevis, received awards on the evening of Saturday 26th April. The awards were presented during the now annual Youth and Sports Awards ceremony and gala which was held at…