At least 12 people have been killed and about 25 are missing following a collision between two boats on a river in the central Bangladeshi district of Munshiganj. It is the second serious accident involving a ferry over the last year.
The White House has not set a cutoff date for U.N.
Kenya's finance minister died and three other ministers were injured after their plane crashed shortly after take-off in Busia. The plane was bound for the Lake Victoria port of Kisumu where the government officials were to attend the commemoration of the
Gianni Agnelli, the honorary chairman of Fiat and one of Europe's most prominent tycoons, has died. Mr Agnelli, 81, was arguably the most influential Italian business leader of the 20th century, building Fiat up from a small carmaker into a sprawling indu
The United Nations nuclear watchdog will hold an emergency meeting on 3 February to assess the North Korea crisis and possibly report the issue to the UN Security Council. The 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) w
Fearing war could trigger a crisis in the region, Iraq's neighbors urged Saddam Hussein on Thursday to cooperate fully with U.N.
North Korea agreed Friday to work with South Korea to peacefully resolve the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs, as U.S.
Representatives of the main political parties and rebel factions in Ivory Coast have signed a draft agreement in Paris, aimed at ending the four-month civil war. The rebels say they will be included in a new national reconciliation government, and a new p
Three Israeli soldiers have been killed by Palestinian gunmen near the West Bank city of Hebron. The soldiers were ambushed at a junction near the Jewish settlement of Beit Haggai.
A Moscow court has rejected the compensation claims of six people who were held hostage when Chechen separatists seized a theatre in the city last year. Lawyer Igor Trunov, who is representing all the plaintiffs, said after the decision that he now expect
Euro MPs have called for a ban on warships using submarine-seeking sonar devices because campaigners believe they may be killing dolphins and whales. Scientists believe the Low Frequency Active Sonar (LFAS) submarine trackers are causing internal bleeding
French leaders have reacted angrily after US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described American allies France and Germany as "problems" in the crisis over Iraq. Finance Minister Francis Mer said he was "profoundly vexed" by Mr Rumsfeld's remarks - which
Architectural plans by the late Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi are to be submitted to an international memorial competition for redesigns of New York's former World Trade Center site. Gaudi's 95-year-old plans, which were originally designs for a futurist
The ruling Christian Democrat Party (CDA) has won a narrow victory over the opposition Labour Party in the Dutch elections, results show. They returned to the two main parties, deserting the organisation of murdered populist Pim Fortuyn, which rocked Dutc
Recently discovered fossils of feathered dinosaurs with four wings are raising new questions about the origins of flight. The turkey-sized creatures probably lived in the trees about 130 million years ago and used their wings and long tail to glide from b
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has questioned the commitment of France and Germany to disarming Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein after the European allies publicly spoke out against a war on Iraq. As disagreements over how to deal with Iraq deepened, Mr Po
George Robertson has surprisingly announced he is stepping down as NATO secretary general when his four-year term ends in December. Lord Robertson have been asked by a number of governments to stay on for the optional fifth year.
It is time to refer North Korea's nuclear standoff to the United Nations Security Council, Washington's top arms control diplomat John Bolton said. Bolton says he expects a consensus on the issue from France, Britain, China and Russia.
A lawsuit against McDonald's Corp. that alleged the fast food chain was responsible for children's obesity was dismissed Wednesday.
France and Germany have begun celebrating 40 years of formal post-war reconciliation by staging a series of gala events and unveiling major joint political initiatives. Two days of celebrations were launched in Paris on Wednesday by French President Jacqu
Pro-life and pro-choice advocates are to hold rallies in Washington and across the nation on Wednesday, exactly 30 years after the Supreme Court made abortion legal in the United States. President George W Bush is expected to signal his support for the pr
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