World News

At least 12 of the 33 miners freed after being trapped for 69 days underground in northern Chile, have returned to the mine to attend a ceremony celebrating their rescue.

The transport ministry in France has warned that the country’s main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has only enough fuel to last a few days.

Authorities in Pakistan have announced that the floods that ravaged the country in August have caused an estimated US$9.7 billion in damage to houses, roads, farms and other parts of the southwestern Asian country.

Chileans are rejoicing over the rescue of 33 miners who were trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months. The men were all rescued yesterday.

United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that a court-ordered halt of a ban on openly gay military personnel could have enormous consequences.

The miners who spent 69 agonizing days deep under the Chilean earth were hoisted one by one to freedom Wednesday, their rescue moving with remarkable speed while their countrymen erupted in cheers and the world watched transfixed.

The first of 33 trapped miners is expected to be lifted to the surface late Tuesday after miraculously surviving more than two months below ground, Chile's Mining Minister Laurence Golborne announced.

The soldiers who were wounded in a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas are set to describe the attack in detail at a preliminary court hearing today.

Chile’s mining minister Laurence Golborne says an attempt to rescue 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground could begin at midnight tonight.

China on Monday blocked European officials from meeting with the wife of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner, cut off her phone communication and canceled meetings with Norwegian officials — acting on its fury over the award.

A Greek policeman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a schoolboy in 2008.