Iraq says it is ready to consider re-admitting UN arms inspectors, but only as part of a wider agreement which respects Iraqi sovereignty and brings an end to UN sanctions. Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tarik Aziz told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Joh
Eight men are arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of belonging to a group which recruited fighters for Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
Colombia has begun its system of paying civilians for information on the country's warring factions. On Monday, the first two informants, wearing balaclavas to protect their identity, were handed cash by the authorities on national television.
US President George W Bush focused on domestic issues in his Labor Day address in an apparent move to win Republican votes from the labour movement which would normally back the Democrats. In a speech to the trade union United Brotherhood of Carpenters an
The Russian Army has launched its first fully professional unit as part of an experiment to decide whether to end decades of military conscription. The airborne division, based at Pskov, not far from St Petersburg, will stop taking conscripts and will onl
Right-winger Edmund Stoiber kicked off the final phase of his election campaign in Germany with the message: "We are right before the goal." He told a rally of 10,000 supporters in D?sseldorf: "We are entering the home straight and we must mobilise all ou
The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Naji Sabri, has held talks with his Russian counterpart in Moscow as Baghdad steps up its drive to thwart a possible US military strike. Mr Sabri met Igor Ivanov to discuss Iraq's situation and bilateral co-operation.
The Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, has been urging voters not to reject a key European treaty a second time, as a government-sponsored leafleting campaign gets under way. A 14-page information booklet about the upcoming referendum on European Union e
Most New Yorkers think their city is likely to be the target of a new terrorist attack. Their fears are revealed as the United States prepares to mark the first anniversary of 11 September.
Israel and Jordan have agreed on a plan to build an $800 million pipeline to rescue the shrinking Dead Sea, which they share. They propose to pipe water north from the Gulf of Aqaba in Red Sea to the Dead Sea, which is falling by about one metre (three fe
South African President Thabo Mbeki has opened the final phase of the world development summit by urging leaders to take firm action on poverty and the environment. Mr Mbeki appealed to delegates to "set concrete goals and targets" to help developing coun
Iraq has announced that it plans to send envoys to various European capitals to rally support against the threat of an American attack. Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan says the envoys will explain, as he put it, how America is threatening world p
Russian technicians have begun assembling heavy equipment due to form part of the first reactor at a nuclear power plant in Iran. Russia is going ahead with the $800m project - at the port of Bushehr - despite strong objections from the United States, whi
Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby boy at London's Portland Hospital. The boy, delivered by Caesarean section at 0940 BST on Sunday, is to be named Romeo.
South Korea has mobilised all available military personnel for emergency work after the worst typhoon in 40 years battered the peninsula. President Kim Dae-jung called an emergency cabinet meeting to put the government on disaster alert as the country str
Heads of multi-national corporations are to meet political leaders at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on Sunday. They are to discuss how businesses can help achieve the goals of reducing poverty and using the earth's resources
Four Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli soldiers near Hebron in the West Bank. They were killed in the early hours of Sunday close to the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba.
A man arrested on suspicion of planning to hijack a passenger jet in Sweden had received flying lessons in the United States, officials say. Kerim Chatty, 29, who faces further questioning on Sunday, was arrested three days ago after a gun was discovered
People from across the UK marked Saturday's fifth anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Overnight, a small group of people kept a vigil outside Kensington Palace, Diana's former London home, and many more turn up to pay their respects duri
Up to 5,000 people gathered for the first of two demonstrations in the South African capital to protest at the gulf between rich and poor nations. The demonstrators held banners revealing a variety of protests against the World Summit on Sustainable Devel
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