Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller said he would resign on May 2, the day after the country joins the European Union. Miller said his decision followed a walkout by a group of rebels in his ruling Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) who demanded he resign in
A CIA spokesman said that the voice on the audiotape broadcast by an Arabic language TV channel is "likely" to be that of al Qaeda's No. 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Angry protesters stormed the headquarters of Taiwan's Central Election Commission as it formally declared President Chen Shui-bian the winner of Saturday's disputed poll. Demanding a recount, dozens of opposition supporters hurled eggs, smashed windows an
Pakistan on Friday condemned a statement purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, saying the Al-Qaida No. 2 was trying to damage Islam, and vowed to continue a fierce attack on terror suspects in its remote tribal regions.
Armed Palestinians in wetsuits and flippers emerged from the Mediterranean and fired toward a beachfront Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip. Two attackers were killed, and a third was wounded and fled.
Taiwan formally confirmed that Chen Shui-bian is the winner in last week's presidential poll. The election body's decision comes amid heating-up protests against results of the vote.
French anti-terror police arrested three people in connection to recent rail network threats. The suspects - two men and a woman - were detained in capital Paris.
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter rocked a region in eastern Turkey overnight, killing at least 9 people and injuring dozens more.
The US has imposed a veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution, which condemned the killing of the spiritual leader of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Sheikh Yassin. The leader of the hardline movement was killed in an Israeli air strike on M
An explosion has ripped through a major Iraqi petrol well near Kirkuk. The site burst in flames; considerable damages were reported.
EU leaders agreed on the anti-terror measures that need to be taken. The special summit is taking place in Brussels, and will continue on Friday.
A draft UN resolution condemning the assassination of Sheikh Yassin has been proposed Thursday by Algeria, member of the Security Council. The leader of the Hamas hardline movement was killed in an Israeli air strike on Monday morning.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair is expected today in Libya to meet with Col Muammar Qaddafi. The Tripoli visit follows Libya's decision last December to renounce weapons of mass destruction.
An explosive was found on a rail line linking Paris to the Swiss city of Basel on Wednesday. Shortly after bomb disposal experts defused it, the state railway company SNCF announced that police and rail workers would again comb the country's 32,000-km-lon
The armed wing of Hamas promised an "unprecedented" response to the Yassin assassination, which took place Monday. Abdelaziz Rantissi who took over as supreme leader of the hardline Palestinian movement Hamas from slain Sheikh Ahmed Yassin said that Israe
Kosovo marked the fifth anniversary of the start of a NATO-led bombing campaign on Wednesday even as the alliance tracked down suspects behind recent violence that has deepened ethnic hatreds in the province. Harri Holkeri, UN top official in Kosovo appea
Three civilians were killed and another three were wounded as insurgents attacked a US patrol in Fallujah early Wednesday. The fighting came hours after assailants shot at a van carrying police recruits south of Baghdad, killing nine, while gunmen killed
Mars was once a much warmer, wetter place, with pools of saltwater that sometimes flowed across the surface, NASA scientists reported. Analysing findings from rocks explored by the rover Opportunity, the scientists said the rocks now appeared to have form
The US embassy in the United Arab Emirates was closed after receiving a terror threat. Media reported that there has been a specific intimidation, but no further details were disclosed.
After two relatively peaceful days in Kosovo, attack on a UN car killed two policemen late Tuesday. One of the victims was a United Nations (UN) policeman, and the other a local police officer.
After six days of high tension, the confrontation between the authorities in Tbilisi and the autonomous republic of Adzharia ended. The tensions calmed down after face-to-face talks in Batumi between Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Adzharian le
UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings
Bulgaria: 3 Regions With Lowest Life Expectancy - EU Report 2022
