The father of Norway suspected murderer Anders Behring Breivik said his son should have taken his own life instead of killing 76 people in twin attacks Friday.

The quiet Norwegian capital of Oslo has been rocked by a massive blast that significantly damaged the 17-storey main government building in the city.

Wendi Deng, the 42-year-old wife of News Corp. big boss Rupert Murdoch, has the Web abuzz after she smacked down a British comedian who tried to splatter her husband’s face with a pie plate full of shaving cream.

London’s Metropolitan Police has lost its top two officials in less than a day after Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson and Assistant Commissioner John Yates stepped down.

Brian Viloria defeated Julio Cesar Miranda on Saturday to win the WBO Flyweight Belt.

The ASEAN Foundation organised the First ASEAN Cancer Stakeholders Forum to address soaring cancer rates in the region, and to launch the second phase of a landmark study aimed at gathering data on the socio-economic burden of cancer in 10 ASEAN Member States.

A deadly series of explosions rocked the city Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 141 others.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half-brother was killed on Tuesday in his home in the restive and Taliban-infested province of Kandahar.

At least a dozen people were hurt in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday after police used tear gas to turn back protesters.

People in South Sudan partied in the streets of the capital Juba as the newly independent African state became the world’s newest country on Saturday.