The UN is planning to deploy a 3,500-strong advance force of peacekeepers into Lebanon in 10-15 days, a senior official has said. The force would later be boosted to the full 15,000 agreed in the UN ceasefire resolution.
Four days after the UK nationwide terrorist alert was downgraded from critical to severe, all airports in the country eased the Draconian measures and passengers are now allowed to take their hand luggage onboard. The luggage must be the size of a small r
US President George Bush blamed Iran and Syria for the current violence in Lebanon, saying those nations seek to undermine peace in the region. "The people in Israel and Lebanon have suffered from this current violence, and we realize that the responsibil
The truce between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah remains fragile with sporadic violence in southern Lebanon. Israel's army said Hezbollah fired several mortars overnight but it did not respond to the fire as none landed over the border a
A serious blackout plunged parts of Tokyo into darkness in the rush hour Monday morning after a ship's crane damaged a transmission line spanning a river. The outrage failed traffic signals and left about 1.
The UK has lowered its terror threat by one level Monday, from "critical" to "severe." The change means passengers travelling from UK airports will be allowed to carry one piece of hand luggage, the Department of Transport has said as quoted by media.
The death toll from China's most powerful storm in 50 years has risen to 134, with another 163 people missing. The casualty figures rose after rescuers found 28 more bodies in the coastal city of Fuding, China's official news agency Xinhua said.
A plane belonging to Dutch carrier KLM overshot the runway after landing on Saturday at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. A spokeswoman for the airline said there were no casualties in the mishap.
In Baghdad, US forces have raided a funeral gathering and detained 60 men suspected of links with an al-Qaeda cell blamed for a number of car bomb attacks. This was the first major operation since US reinforcements started streaming into Baghdad last week
India has been gripped by fears of terrorist attacks after the US Embassy in the country said foreign terrorists, including members of al-Qaeda, "allegedly intend' to carry out bomb attacks in New Delhi and Mumbai. The attacks are believed to be planned i
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced his close friend and ally Fidel Castro is in a "great battle for life". However, he exuded optimism about the 79-year-old Cuban leader's recovery.
Two Indonesian teenagers have died of the bird flu virus, bringing the country's number of human fatalities to 44, Indonesian health officials announced. The test results, if confirmed, would give Indonesia the world's highest human toll from the virus, B
Authorities in the Philippines have ordered the evacuation of some 20,000 people as fears grow that a volcano could erupt soon. Government officials as quoted by Deutsche Welle said Mount Mayon could threaten up to 60,000 people in the central province of
An Israeli air raid has killed at least 40 people in the southern Lebanese border village of Houla, Lebanon's prime minister announced. Fouad Siniora told an Arab foreign ministers meeting in Beirut that there had been "a horrific massacre".
Russia has arrested two suspects over the theft of more than 200 items from the Hermitage. In July, the theft of jewellery, silverware and icons from the famous art museum was discovered.
Hezbollaz rocket strikes on northern Israel have killed at least two people, world media said Sunday. Elsewhere, at least 20 were injured in a hail of rockets against the city of Haifa.
A tropical storm has killed more than 30 people in South China, it was reported on Saturday. Prapiroon made landfall on Thursday, affecting several provinces and destroying thousands of homes.
Some 25 Lebanese have been killed or wounded in an Israeli airstrike strike near the Lebanon-Syria border. Local witnesses said four missiles hit farm workers loading vegetables into a truck, Deutsche Welle reported.
US President George Bush has urged Cubans to work for democratic changes, during his first statement after Cuban leader Fidel Castro, 80, underwent surgery. In a written statement, he pledged Washington's support for Cubans who sought to "build a transiti
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has supported his arch-rival Viktor Yanukovych for prime minister, ending a four-month political deadlock. The leader of the Orange Revolution, which rocketed him to the presidency, Yushchenko said he acted after Yanu
Israel has launched a new air strike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after a pause of several days. Early on Thursday, Israel struck the southern Beirut suburb of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold.
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