Assailants tossed two gasoline bombs a Culture Ministry building in central Athens, causing no damage or injuries. The building also houses the Cultural Olympiad, a four-year festival featuring art exhibitions and performances leading up the Aug.
American firefighters keep on battling with a nearly 6,000-acre wildfire in Los Angeles County, where residents were being kept away from about 350 homes. Several California blazes that have scorched thousands of acres and forced hundreds of people to lea
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso is set to be formally endorsed as the new European Commission president. The 732 members of the European Parliament are expected to vote in favour of his appointment to the post on November 1, suc
A video showing security checks on one group of 11 September hijackers, prior to boarding the plane they crashed into the Pentagon stunned the US and the entire world. Four men undergo additional checks after setting off metal detectors at Washington's Du
The Eiffel Tower was briefly evacuated on Wednesday after authorities received a bomb threat against the world-famous monument. It reopened late in the afternoon after being shut down while police searched it for explosive devices.
The US military denied Iraqi police reports that an American helicopter was shot down in a western area of the country. Earlier on Wednesday local police said that a military aircraft was hit during fierce clashes in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi.
A car bomb has killed three people and injured several more in southeast Baghdad. Three people were left dead as a car bomb exploded, police officer said.
The head of slain US hostage Paul Johnson was found in a fridge when Saudi security forces raided a villa in Riyadh. Johnson, 49, was beheaded by militant supporters of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last month.
India and Pakistan's prime ministers met to discuss divided Kashmir and ways of boosting peace process. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri held informal talks with his Indian counterpart Natwar Singh on the sidelines of a regional forum t
Senior advisers to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said work will continue on the West Bank security barrier despite condemnation at the UN. The General Assembly in New York voted by an overwhelming majority to demand that Israel dismantle the barrier
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei agreed to remain in his post just 3 days after tendering his resignation. Qurei wanted to quit over the growing lawlessness in Gaza and inaction over reform.
Tony Blair rejected questions about his credibility as he said errors in pre-war intelligence do not mean the Iraq conflict was unjustified. Opening a debate on the Butler report, Blair told MPs it was still clear Saddam Hussein had posed a threat.
The world is marking today the 35th anniversary of the first landing at the Moon. It was 35 years ago today that the world watched as Neil Armstrong uttered the famous line: "It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a suspected ally to al-Qaeda, has demanded that Japan withdraws troops from Iraq, otherwise faces attacks. According to a statement posted Tuesday on an Islamist web site, Japanese government was warned to do "wha
An intruder was arrested outside the house of the captain of England's football team David Beckham. English media reports that the man was preparing to set fire to the mansion.
The Filipino hostage in Iraq has been freed, according to a report of the al-Arabiya television channel. On Monday, The Philippines completed their withdrawal from Iraq - a month ahead of schedule.
A senior official has been killed in the Iraqi city of Basra, on his way to work. Hazem al-Ainachi, a co-ordinator of the Basra provincial council of former deputy governor, was attacked early on Monday at a checkpoint.
At least 25 were killed and 11 are missing after a gas explosion in a Ukrainian coalmine. After the blast, a fire broke in the collapsed mineshaft, hindering rescue efforts.
A British military helicopter has crashed in Iraq killing one British soldier and injuring two others, a military spokesman stated. The craft came down inside an airstrip at Basra.
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat reinstated a security chief whose replacement by the veteran leader's cousin touched off turmoil in the Gaza Strip. Abdel-Razek al-Majaideh was named director of General Security for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, replac
A senior member of Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah was killed by a bomb explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In a statement, Hizbollah said the blast killed Ghalib Awali as he left his home.
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