Egyptian police are hunting down six Pakistanis in connection to Saturday's triple bombing, which killed at least 64 people. Photographs of the men involved in the explosions at Sharm al-Sheikh have been distributed.
A strong earthquake of 7.2 magnitude hit India's southern Nicobar Islands on Sunday, prompting Thailand to issue a tsunami warning for the Indian Ocean, the AP said.
A lorry bomb attack killed at least 22 at a Baghdad police station Sunday. About 25 people, mostly civilians, were injured in the explosion.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted that Israel must not seal off the Gaza Strip following its proposed withdrawal from the area next month. Following talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, she also praised his efforts to ensure security
Italian Defence Minister Antonio Martino said threats against Italy by the Islamic militant group that has claimed responsibility for the London suicide bombs attacks are credible. The Abu Hafs Al Masri Brigade, an al Qaeda-linked group, in an Internet st
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake shook the Tokyo area Saturday, injuring more than two dozen people, rattling buildings across the sprawling capital and temporarily suspending flights and train services.
German President Horst Koehler agreed on Thursday to dissolve parliament and allow early elections, putting Germany on track for a September vote that polls suggest will usher in a new reform-minded conservative government. His decision removes the key hu
Two Algerian diplomats were abducted Thursday afternoon outside a restaurant in Baghdad's Mansour neighborhood, a police source said. The diplomats were identified as Algeria's charge d'affaires, Ali Bali'roosi, and Izzildin Menfadi.
Pope Benedict XVI described on Wednesday acts of terror as irrational action of small groups of individual fanatics, not a conflict between civilizations. "Terrorism is irrational," Benedict told reporters while on vacation in the Italian Alps.
At least five soldiers have been killed and 15 others injured in a car bomb explosion in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said. The blast occurred near a school in Srinagar, the state's summer capital, BBC reported.
Pakistani security forces have reportedly arrested a British Muslim wanted in connection with the London bombings.Intelligence sources said Haroon Rashid Aswad was detained in Lahore earlier this week.
US President George Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr Wednesday as his first nominee for the Supreme Court, officials said.
At least 15 people were killed when rebels ambushed and blew up a police vehicle in Chechnya, the southern Russian republic wracked by a separatist insurgency. The assailants first opened fire on police outside a school in the town of Znamenskaya, Russian
Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied any link between the Iraq war and the deadly suicide bombings in London, and warned Britons against adopting the twisted logic of Islamic extremists. Following talks with leaders of Britain's Muslim community, he insis
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said he has changed his mind about resigning. He vowed to work and prepare the country to join the European Union and to rebuild areas devastated by floods last week.
Eight former Serb secret police officers have been sentenced for up to 40 years for kidnapping and killing the country's former president. The men kidnapped Ivan Stambolic while he was jogging and killed him.
Abu Hafs al Masri Brigade, the group that claimed responsibility for the London attacks, issued an ultimatum to coalition members to withdraw their troops from Iraq within a month. The statement appeared on a website linked to the brigade, named after an
At least 11 volunteer firefighters died as they fought a forest fire in Spain's central province of Guadalajara. None of the victims, whom officials say were part of two groups which had gone out to try to bring the blaze under control, have so far been i
Actress Sandra Bullock married mechanic and reality TV star Jesse James at a ranch near Santa Barbara, according to reports. Several hundred people attended the sunset ceremony Saturday at a large rented ranch in the picturesque Santa Ynez valley.
Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath has died at the age of 89. His successor Lady Thatcher said he was a "political giant" and "in every sense the first modern Conservative leader".
A Russian-made plane believed to have been carrying 55 passengers and crew has crashed deep in a forest in Equatorial Guinea. All people aboard are believed dead as the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Malabo, the government said on Su
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