Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson ‘arrested in Germany’
The founder of US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, Paul Watson, has been arrested in Germany, the group says. In a statement, it said Mr Watson was detained in Frankfurt and now faces extradition to Costa Rica. It quotes German police as saying the arrest relates to a confrontation over shark finning in 2002. Sea Shepherd is a controversial direct More...
Plane crashes in northern Nepal
Police in Nepal say a plane carrying 21 people has crashed in the north of the country. The Agni Air plane hit a hillside as it tried to land at Jomsom airport, a hub for trekkers and religious pilgrims. Reports More...
Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marry
US President Barack Obama has ended months of hedging on the issue of gay marriage by saying he thinks same-sex couples should be able to wed. He has become the first sitting US president to back gay marriage. Mitt More...
Mexico police find 15 mutilated bodies in Jalisco
Police in Mexico have found 15 mutilated bodies dumped in two cars in the western state of Jalisco. A threatening note left with the bodies suggested they were victims of a gangland killing. The region has seen More...
London 2012: Olympic flame to be lit in Greece
The Olympic flame will be lit in a ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday ahead of the start of the torch relay and the London 2012 Games. The flame is kindled by a ‘high priestess’ who captures the More...
Indonesia searchers ‘find missing Russia jet wreckage’
Indonesian officials say a helicopter has spotted what is thought to be wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that disappeared on Wednesday. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 disappeared from radar screens 50 minutes More...
Spanish lender Bankia is partly nationalised
Troubled Spanish lender Bankia is to be partly nationalised, the central bank has confirmed. Bankia, which holds 32bn euros (£25.7bn) in distressed property assets and whose boss has resigned, will have a 4.47bn-euro More...
Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘strikes surprise coalition deal’
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a deal to form a new coalition cabinet, avoiding snap elections he sought earlier, Israeli media say. They say that – in a surprise move – Mr Netanyahu’s More...
China expels al-Jazeera English reporter
Al-Jazeera says it has been forced to close its English-language bureau in Beijing after its reporter was expelled. China’s decision not to renew the press credentials and visa of Melissa Chan is the first More...
Yemeni al-Qaeda leader killed in ‘drone air strike’
An al-Qaeda leader in Yemen wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the American warship USS Cole has been killed in an air raid. A tribal leader in the east of the country says Fahd al-Quso was killed by More...