France faces an environmental crisis as high winds push oil slicks from the sunken tanker, Prestige, towards its southern coast. The oil is expected to hit the coast in the coming weeks and its size is said to be enough to cover New York City.
The European Union has begun its first foreign security operation, taking over policing duties from the United Nations in Bosnia. The EU police mission (EUPM) will involve 512 officers - 422 from EU member states and 90 from other countries including Russ
Brazil's first left-wing president for 40 years, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has been sworn into office amid euphoric scenes and popular expectation that he will transform the country. Two-hundred-thousand people thronged the centre of the capital, Brasili
The United States is sending another 15,000 troops to the Gulf as part of its build-up for possible military action against Iraq. The crack Third Infantry division, which specialises in desert warfare, has been ordered to the region.
At least 28 people have been killed in the Mexican port town of Veracruz following an explosion and fire which started at an illegal fireworks stand. Fifty people were injured in the blaze, which engulfed market stalls and nearby buildings in a packed New
New Year celebrations around the world have been held amid tight security, prompted by fears of terrorist attacks. But governments told their citizens not to allow security concerns to mar their enjoyment of the occasion - and many thousands of revellers
Clashes between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez on Monday left several people were injured. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
American investigators were trying Tuesday to discover whether the shootings at a missionary hospital in Yemen that killed three U.S.
Two United Nations inspectors ordered out of North Korea have arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing. The move leaves the secretive state's controversial nuclear programme without any foreign observers.
In his inaugural speech Kenya's new leader Mwai Kibaki promised sweeping reforms without engaging in a witch-hunt against the party that ruled the country since its independence in 1963. He pledged to advance Kenya's interests and ensure they are well ser
The software giant Microsoft has agreed to translate their popular Office software into New Norwegian, or Nynorsk. It is Norway's second official language with less than 400,000 everyday users.
French police are reported to be holding a baggage handler at Paris's main international airport after they allegedly found guns, explosives and detonators in his car. The employee of Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, identified by French media as an Alg
North Korea has hinted it could pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the confrontation over its nuclear programme continues. The north has already expelled inspectors from its nuclear complex at Yongbyon and is threatening to restart the fa
Three American doctors have been shot dead in Yemen by a lone gunman - described as a suspected Islamist , BBC reported. A fourth was wounded in the attack in the southern town of Jibla, hospital sources told the AFP news agency.
North Korea has declared it will not give in to threats from the Bush administration that it faces economic isolation unless it abandons its nuclear programme. In a process it defined as "tailored containment", the United States said it would call on Nort
Police in Ukraine have impounded a number of radioactive Christmas trees, reports say. The trees were said to have been cut down in an area contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly agreed to make its airspace, airbases and an important operations centre available to United States forces should war with Iraq occur. US military commanders told the New York Times newspaper they had been given private assuran
Kenya's opposition has won a landslide victory in the country's elections, ending the ruling Kanu party's four-decade long spell in power. Not all the votes have yet been counted, but the electoral commission said there was no doubt that Mwai Kibaki of th
On Friday, rescue workers were searching for survivors from a suicide bomb attack on the headquarters of the Russian-backed Chechen Government. At least 46 people are thought to have died when two vehicles packed with explosives blew up outside the buildi
The UN's nuclear watchdog has declared North Korea to be in "complete defiance" of its international obligations, after Pyongyang ordered the expulsion of nuclear observers. Mohamed El Baradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to
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