The deadline set by the kidnappers of four Western captive peace activists in Iraq expires Saturday, bringing death closer. Originally the group of kidnappers, calling itself the Swords of Righteousness, threatened to kill the four Western hostages unless
The Italian Intelligence and Security Services (SISDE) is warning against the strong influence of Islamic terrorists in Albania, BTA news agency reported. Its concerns were voiced in a report prepared by SISDE for the Italian parliament and cited by the G
A Southwest Airlines plane has slipped off the airstrip in Chicago Midway International Airport during landing, crashing into two cars and killing a young boy. The plane was attempting a landing in heavy snowfall, and could not stop in time, so it crashed
A powerful earthquake if magnitude 6.l on the Richter scale shook the northern coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday.
Croat general Ante Gotovina, wanted for war crimes charges by the Hague Tribunal, was arrested in Spain. The news was broke by the UN's chief war crimes prosecutor as quoted by BBC.
A suicide attacker exploded a bomb on a bus in Baghdad, killing at least 30 people, Iraqi police said. The vehicle was leaving al-Nahda bus station heading south for the Shia town of Nasiriya when the attack occurred.
US President Bush said setbacks in the Iraq war have not prevented steady progress on reconstruction and security efforts, especially in two cities once controlled by insurgents. In the second of four scheduled speeches to detail the White House strategy
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was admitted to hospital after feeling faint late on Wednesday, world media informed. Thatcher, who governed Britain from 1979 to 1990, turned 80 in October and has grown frail in recent years following a se
Delegates to an international conference accepted a new Red Cross emblem Thursday. The move came despite Syrian objections, paving the way for Israel to join the humanitarian movement after nearly six decades of exclusion.
The Swiss parliament has elected the transport minister, Moritz Leuenberger, as next year's president of Switzerland, Swissinfo news agency informed. Leuenberger received 159 of 225 valid votes for the largely ceremonial post, which is shared among the se
Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is refusing to enter court to attend his trial over the 1982 killing of 148 Shias in Dujail, court officials say. He is complaining about the conditions in which he is being held and how the trial is being conducted.
Osama Bin Laden is still alive and leading a "holy war" against the West, his right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahri said in a statement, as cited by the BBC. The message has been first posted on the internet and then broadcast by al-Jazeera.
Five bombs have exploded on roads around Madrid after a warning was issued by Basque militants ETA. Earlier, the separatist group ETA had told a Spanish newspaper that it has planted a bomb at Santander airport.
At least 27 Iraqi police officers and cadets were killed by two women suicide bombers at a Baghdad police academy. According to initial reports, at least 27 police officers and academy students were killed and another 32 wounded in the attack.
A Palestinian suicide bomber killed five people and injured dozens in the Israeli coastal town of Netanya. The bomber attacked the Sharon shopping centre, the scene of previous bombings, at about 11.
The defence team in the trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has walked out, on the third day of hearings. The incident happened after defence lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi questioned the legitimacy of the special Iraqi court.
Several people are missing after an avalanche fell in the Austrian Alps. There is still no information how many people had been trapped by the elements.
At least nine people, among them two children, were killed Sunday, when a swimming-pool rooftop collapsed in Russia. Eleven people have been injured.
Moscow citizens will elect on Sunday a new municipality parliament. This is the first such election after President Vladimir Putin introduced some changes in the election law.
Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV channel aired a tape in which a group of kidnappers in Iraq threaten to kill four Western hostages unless their demands are met by next Thursday. The kidnappers set December 8 the US and Iraqi governments as the deadline to meet
The court in Finland's town of Kouvola sentenced Jouko Petri Jaatinen, 43, to a prison term of 11 years. The court found Jaatinen guilty of more than 160 sexual crimes, committed, bar one, in Thailand.
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