A bed-ridden Hosni Mubarak pleaded not guilty to charges of ordering the killing of anti-government protesters, as the historic trial of the former Egyptian president began on Wednesday.
It was a deadly beginning of Ramadan in Syria after at least 80 civilians were reportedly killed in Hama on Sunday, the eve of the Muslim holy season of fasting.
All 163 people on board a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800 came out alive from what could have been a deadly crash in the South American state of Guyana on Saturday.
The rebel movement trying to topple Muammar Gaddafi in Libya suffered a major blow on Thursday when its military chief of staff was brutally killed in mysterious circumstances.
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.
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.