Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has told journalists he is at Beijing's international airport and awaiting departure to the United States.

"I'm at the airport. I do not have a passport. I don't know when I will be leaving. I think I'm going to New York," he told the AFP news agency by telephone on Saturday.

Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority has issued a letter strongly objecting to an article published on Al Jazeera English's website citing a forensic report that concluded a Bahraini man was electrically tortured before his drowning in January.

PETAKids.de klärt über das traurige Leben der Wildtiere im Zirkus auf

Stand: 18. Mai 2012

Wittstock / Gerlingen, 18. Mai 2012 – Auf einem Schulhof haben Elefanten nichts zu suchen und erst recht nicht in einem Zirkus: Nachdem im Rahmen des Gastspiels von Zirkus „Aramannt“ in Wittstock die Elefantendame Tembo Grundschulen und Kitas einen Besuch absta...

The head of the UN ceasefire monitoring mission in Syria has given a bleak assessment of the task his team faces as UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged to accelerate the deployment of additional observers.

Major-General Robert Mood has called on all sides to step up efforts to negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict that...

Denunciamos a las peñas organizadoras, y los Ayuntamientos de Camarles, Amposta, l´Aldea y Sant Carles de la Ràpita. Podrían suponer sanciones conjuntas de hasta 600.000 euros. Agresiones hacia los animales, graves infracciones en las medidas de seguridad y participación de menores de edad, son algunas de las infracciones cometidas.