The toll of people killed by a brutal heat wave in southern India continues to climb as reports trickle in from rural districts, the government said. Temperatures that had soared to 45 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) along the Bay of Bengal have
Roman Catholic Cardinal William Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore, apologized for the first time to victims of church sex abuse on Friday, less than a week after the Rev. Maurice Blackwell was shot and wounded by a man who says the priest molested him as a
The Bush administration has defended its handling of intelligence reports prior to the 11 September terror attacks that indicated that al-Qaeda was planning to hijack aircraft. In a White House briefing, US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said
Early results in Sierra Leone elections indicate that incumbent president, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, and his Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) have taken a lead in both the parliamentary and presidential vote.
Pakistani police are overseeing the exhumation of a body which may be that of murdered American journalist Daniel Pearl. The body is being dug up from an isolated area on the outskirts of the port city of Karachi.
Iraq on Thursday slammed the United Nations for extending sanctions against Baghdad for another six months but said it would continue to cooperate with the U.N.
The Israeli army raided the Palestinian city of Ramallah on Thursday, maintaining pressure on its opponents despite having pulled back from its big sweep into the West Bank earlier this month.
President George W Bush put US security agencies on alert last summer after receiving intelligence reports that Osama Bin Laden was planning to hijack American aircraft. The alert was revealed by White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, who said that the info
Six more British troops are being forced home from Afghanistan due to a contagious fever, bringing the total returning to eight.About 350 soldiers at a medical hospital in Bagram are under quarantine while health officials investigate the cause of the ill
Talks are under way in the Netherlands on who will form the country's next ruling coalition following a swing to the right in the polls. The new government could include the fledgling anti-immigration party of murdered politician Pim Fortuyn, whose shock
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has called for new elections and an overhaul of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Addressing the Palestinian Assembly on Wednesday for the first time since the siege of his West Bank headquarters was lifted, Mr Arafat said t
Bad weather has delayed the departure of Russian salvage vessels due to undertake their final expedition to raise the remains of the Kursk submarine. The 24-hour delay means they are now expected to leave the naval port of Severomorsk on Thursday.
Nato and Russia have agreed to establish a new joint decision-making body to counter terrorism and other security threats. The proposed council, which is due to come into effect after a special Nato summit in Italy on 28 May, will allow Russia to join the
Satellite images have detected another in a series of massive icebergs calving off the frozen continent of Antarctica, the latest one bigger than the entire state of Delaware. Dubbed iceberg C-19, the massive, rectangular ice block measures roughly 124 by
People in the Netherlands have begun voting in a general election, just nine days after the assassination of populist leader Pim Fortuyn threw Dutch politics into turmoil. The centre-left coalition that has been in power for eight years is braced for a re
Former US President Jimmy Carter has called on America to end its 40-year economic embargo against Cuba, in an unprecedented televised address in Havana. But he also pointed out to Cubans that the country's economic problems cannot all be blamed on the U.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon branded the Palestinian leadership a "corrupt terror regime" Tuesday and said there could be no peace until it undertook sweeping internal reforms. Sharon was addressing Israel's parliament two days after the central co
A sharp but moderate earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area Monday night, rattling nerves and buildings from San Jose to northern Marin County but causing no initial reports of damage or injuries. The United States Geological Survey said the quake, w
Three North Koreans who sought asylum in a US consulate in China are headed for freedom in South Korea. The three men, who climbed over the consulate wall in the north-eastern Chinese city of Shenyang last week, are expected to arrive in Seoul shortly, ha
Former US President Jimmy Carter says American officials have told him there is no evidence of Cuba exporting technology that could be used in weapons of mass destruction. He made the remark on a visit to a bio-technology laboratory in the Cuban capital,
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