Plans by a New York artist to stage a naked photo session of about 300 people in a small town in Portugal have found little support from the local Roman Catholic priest, the Jornal de Noticias newspaper reported. Eleuterio Pais, the priest in the northern
Singapore health officials confirmed on Monday that a local patient has tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS , in the first new case of the disease in over five months. The announcement followed a warning from the World Health Or
Suspected Islamic rebels hurled a grenade outside an important Shiite center in Indian-controlled Kashmir where a pro-India Shiite leader was addressing a gathering, police said. At least two people were injured.
Breaking a lull in attacks on U.S.
Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qureia has agreed in principle to take over as Prime Minister, sources close to him said Monday, following the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas. However, it remained unclear if Israel would agree to deal with the new lead
Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at a building in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, reportedly injuring at least 12 people. Israeli military described the building as a weapons store used by the militant Palestinian group Hamas and said ex
Speaking from the White House's Cabinet Room, US President Bush said Sunday night he will seek USD 87 B to fight terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own street
One woman died and 15 people were rescued when a boat capsized on UK's River Severn. The craft, carrying a private party, got into difficulties at Stourport-on-Severn marina, Worcestershire, on Saturday.
A US military plane taking off from Baghdad airport came under attack from two surface-to-air missiles on Saturday. However, the heat-seeking missiles had no chance of hitting the transport plane, which was flying at an altitude of 4,000 metres at the tim
Israeli security forces are on a heightened state of alert for reprisals by Palestinian militants after Israel tried to kill the spiritual leader of the radical Hamas movement Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. The militant group has vowed to avenge an Israeli air stri
Israeli helicopters fired missiles in a strike on Gaza City on Saturday and reports claim the target was Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, co-founder of the radical Palestinian Hamas group. Hamas officials said the group's spiritual leader was injured in the hand and
Bomb killed at least six people and wounded about 30 in Indian-administered Kashmir on September 6. The device was in a car parked next to a fruit market in the summer capital, Srinagar, and exploded as an army convoy drove by.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, weakened by a power struggle with Yasser Arafat, submitted his resignation Saturday -- a move that dealt a serious blow to a US-backed peace plan. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat accepted the resignation soon aft
Five prisoners were killed and many others hurt in a fire at a jail in Kosovo on Saturday. The shooting broke out during a demonstration against what inmates describe as poor living conditions in the prison, to the west of capital Pristina.
A civilian British bomb disposal expert has been killed in an ambush in northern Iraq, AFP reported. Ian Rimell, 53, was killed Thursday as he was travelling in a vehicle along a main road towards Mosul city, the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) said in a state
Two powerful time bombs exploded at Athens' main court complex Friday in attacks the government linked to the trial of suspected members of Greece's deadliest terrorist group. The twin blasts, which injured a police officer and damaged a building in the c
Three gunmen sprayed bullets at congregants at the end of dawn prayers Friday, wounding three people, the cleric at a Sunni mosque in northeast Baghdad said. Walid al-Azari said the three men got out of a pickup truck near the Quiba mosque and opened fire
Fears that animals carrying SARS-like viruses could trigger another outbreak have been heightened by a testing programme in China. Scientists from hospitals in Hong Kong visited a market in the Guangdong province -- thought to be the source of an illness
Israeli forces killed a suspected Palestinian militant in the West Bank town of Nablus on Friday morning, witnesses and Palestinian security sources said. The town was shaken by four blasts during the raid, with one report saying the explosions were cause
Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas has challenged his parliament to back him - or face his resignation. In a speech to MPs, who are reviewing his first 100 days in office, Mr Abbas publicly admitted rifts with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat - and
French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have said a US draft resolution seeking greater international help in Iraq does not go far enough. Speaking after talks in Germany, Mr Chirac said the US proposals "seem quite far fro
Bulgaria Ranks Second in the Balkans at Paris 2024 Olympics, 26th Overall
Bulgaria Leads Europe in Heat-Related Deaths in Record-Breaking 2023
