BEIJING — Chinese police have busted two gangs involved in the production and sale of counterfeit medicines and health products, respectively, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced yesterday.

MARIKANA — Thousands of mine workers downed tools yesterday at South Africa’s Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the restive platinum belt at the weekend.

LUSAKA — Zambia’s wildlife governing body has embarked on a process of reorganising safari hunting in order to do away with irregularities existing in the sector, a senior official said yesterday.

NOUAKCHOTT — Prosecutors in Mauritania have demanded a ten-year jail term for a Canadian convicted of attempting to join an Al-Qaeda training camp in neighbouring Mali, a judicial source told AFP yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS — The UN Security Council on Monday called for a comprehensive approach to fighting terrorism in Africa by promoting economic and social development across the continent.

MEXICO CITY — Two waiters at a Mexico City bar will face homicide and robbery charges in the beating death of Malcolm X's grandson Malcolm Shabazz, authorities said Monday.
Prosecutors said police were seeking at least two other people believed to have participated in the attack on Shabazz,

A graphic video has emerged of a Syrian rebel commander cutting out the heart of a government soldier’s chest and biting into it. Described by Human Rights Watch as “emblematic” of a civil war that has rapidly descended into sectarian hatred and revenge killings, the amateur footage was posted on the internet

CAIRO - A campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures, organisers told AFP. The "Tamarod" (Rebellion in Arabic) campaign seeks to withdraw confidence from the Islamist leader because he has failed the revolution that brought him to

KANDAHAR. — A bomb killed 13 civilians, including women and children, in southern Afghanistan yesterday as they travelled to attend the funeral of earlier bomb victims, police said.

WASHINGTON. — Unknown gunmen opened fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding 19 people in an incident the FBI attributed to “street violence.”

MOSCOW. — President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree waiving visa requirements for foreign athletes, coaches and other staff attending international sports events in Russia, the Kremlin announced