France and Germany are embroiled in a diplomatic row after German Chancellor Angela Merkel contradicted a claim by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on the controversial issue of removing gypsy housing camps.
Sudan (AP):Sudanese police say a head-on vehicle collision killed 37 people south of the capital.General Saad Eddin Idris says a commuter truck and a bus crashed head on when the speeding bus was trying to overtake another vehicle ...
Turkey (AP):A roadside bomb attack killed nine people travelling on a minibus yesterday, authorities said, in the latest violence to shake Turkey's turbulent southeast, where Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy for decades....
PARIS (AP):Armed assailants, operating under cover of night, kidnapped five French nationals and two Africans working in Niger for the French nuclear reactor builder Areva, French authorities said yesterday...
JERUSALEM (AP): Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the Jerusalem city government to provide more than $120,000 in funding for a prominent gay community centre.Yesterday's ruling was the latest sign that a hostile climate...
BAGHDAD (AP):The Iraqi Cabinet unanimously approved a $400 million settlement for Americans who say they were abused by Saddam Hussein's regime, the government spokesman said yesterday.
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM
AP:Fresh from a stunning primary win in Delaware, Republican Christine O'Donnell said yesterday she can win a Senate seat in November with or without help from party officials in Washington."There are a lot of people...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM
AP: A United States envoy accused Iran yesterday of intimidating United Nations (UN) nuclear inspectors in an effort to influence their findings - a move he said may lead to "appropriate action" from the...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM
(AP):The mothers of two American hikers imprisoned in Iran on spying charges said yesterday that they hope Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brings their sons with him when he comes to New York for the...
Published:Thursday | September 16, 2010 | 12:00 AM
AP: President Goodluck Jonathan announced yesterday on Facebook that he will run in the oil-rich nation's January election, ending months of speculation over his plans after he assumed power following...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 5:59 PM
The outgoing chief executive of British Petroleum, Tony Hayward is denying that cost-saving was the reason his company placed only one blowout preventer on the well that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April.
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:34 PM
The conservative Tea Party movement in the United States has won several victories over mainstream Republicans in primary contests ahead of November's mid-term elections.
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 10:54 AM
President of the United States Barack Obama's tribute to 13 American ground breakers, "Of Thee I Sing," was in the top 25 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com as of Wednesday morning, less than two days after the children's book was announced.
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
MADRID (AP): Spain says it has arrested two Colombians linked to more than 200 cases of killings, kidnappings and torture while allegedly working as hitmen and debt collectors for drug cartels in Colombia...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
India (AP): British telecom giant Vodafone Group Plc said it appealed to India's Supreme Court yesterday to overturn a ruling that it is liable for up to $2.6 billion in back taxes.The case is being closely watched by foreign companies that fear it will...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Turkey (AP): The European Court of Human Rights has ruled Turkey must pay about $170,000 (€133,000) to the family of slain ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The court's verdict yesterday says it awarded the compensation for the state's failure...
