World Watch

Kabul Rocks

Power chords… head banging…. cheering crowds. Just a normal rock concert? Look again… this is Afghanistan. Birth place of the Taliban and now, home to several up and coming rock bands.

Celebrations erupt as Morsy wins Egyptian presidency

Fireworks over Cairo as Egypt celebrates the election of Mohamed Morsy. The new president maintains Egypt will respect the country’s commitments in his victory speech broadcast on TV.

GALLERY: The Presidential diet

Poverty drives child labour in India

Millions of children in India continue to be driven into labour by poverty, as the world marks World Day Against Child Labour this week.

GALLERY: Tomato-flinging warriors take charge

Thousands of farmers and tourists in Boyaca, Colombia fling tomatoes during annual “tomatina” fest. Around 18 tons of tomatoes and thousands of fruit-flinging enthusiasts make for a juicy fight!

Gallery: The month in pictures – May 2012

From the Olympic torch lighting ceremony to Cannes, to preparations for the Queen’s Jubilee ceremony, take a look back at the month that was in pictures.

GALLERY: Diamond Jubilee celebrations

Celebrations to mark Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee begin this weekend in London. With bunting flags being strewn across the city and jubilee decorations being snapped up at the last minute, we take a look at the preparations underway for the events .

Britain’s top court upholds Assange extradition

Britain’s Supreme Court rules that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over sex crime allegations.

World nations expel top Syrian diplomats

Washington orders the top Syrian diplomat to leave the US within 72 hours — as part of the western response to the killing of women and children in Houla last week.

Buddhist novices are on the ball

South Korea’s biggest Buddhist order holds a soccer match among young novices to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday.

Finding an end game for Afghanistan

NATO leaders seal a landmark agreement to hand control of Afghanistan over to its own security forces by the middle of next year. MiNDFOOD Reports.

World’s royals gather in the UK

Queen Elizabeth hosted monarchs from all over the world at a reception at Windsor Castle to mark her 60 years on the throne.

Flame for London Games Formally Handed Over

Greece formally hands over the Olympic flame to a London delegation including David Beckham and Princess Anne, at the Panathenaic stadium, home of the first modern Games.

British Queen Celebrated in Diamond Jubilee Pageant

550 horses and more than 1,000 dancers and musicians as well as several celebrities honoured Queen Elizabeth with grand performance at Windor Castle for her Diamond Jubilee.

Francois Holland appointed President of France

The country’s first Socialist leader in 17 years, Francois Hollande is elected as president of France, with rumours swirling about who will occupy the top posts in his government.

Obama: same sex couples should be able to marry

US President Barack Obama has made his first public remarks supporting gay marriage in an interview on ‘Good Morning America’. MiNDFOOD reports.

Torch lighting rehearsal at Olympic birthplace

Priestesses in pleated robes swayed under a scorching sun at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in the final rehearsal to light the flame that will burn at the London Games.

Greeks react to hung parliament

Some Greek residents in Athens are unsurprised by hung parliament, while others are pleased with the possibility of a new coalition government, the exact opposite of market sentiments.

Socialist Francois Hollande wins

Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday —- beating Nicolas Sarkozy by at least three percentage points with the majority of votes counted.

Watch: Baked Portrait for Diamond Jubilee

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Konditor & Cook will be making a cake-portrait of the Queen’s face made up of 3,120 little cakes.

GALLERY: Kate Moss

Take a look back at Kate Moss’s rise to fame from supermodel to one of the worlds most recognisable faces with our gallery of images.

GALLERY: Royals at Ascot

See our gallery of images as the British Royal family as they attend the races at Royal Ascot.

Busy first year for royal couple William and Kate

It’s been a hectic year of public appearances for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and his wife Kate, with travels across the UK and the world. MiNDFOOD reports.

Australia, New Zealand mark ANZAC day

Parades and ceremonies are held to commemorate ANZAC day, including on the shores of Gallipoli, Turkey, where allied forces had over 21,000 causalities in 1915. MiNDFOOD reports.

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