World News

Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.

United States police are reporting that a North Carolina man arranged to have his wife raped through personal ads on the Web site Craigslist.

New South African President Jacob Zuma has promised to create half a million jobs this year.

French aviation officials have said they may never find the flight data recorders of an Air France jet that went missing over the Atlantic.

The Brazilian government has confirmed that debris spotted by planes in waters off Brazil’s coast belong to a missing French airliner.

The Brazilian air force today located debris in the Atlantic Ocean that are believed to be from Air France Flight 447, which disappeared early Monday morning with 228 people on board, according to reports by Marcelo Soares and Chris Kraul of the Los Angel

There is more information this morning on the 228 people who were aboard the Air France flight, which went missing over the Atlantic yesterday.

North Korea is reportedly moving closer to launching another long-range missile, despite international concern.

An Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to France has vanished over the Atlantic after a possible lightning strike.

US President Barack Obama has announced plans to secure American computer networks against cyber attacks.

Four people have been killed and an unknown number are missing after heavy rainfall caused a dam to breach in Piaui state, in north-east Brazil.

At least 10 people have been killed in two separate attacks in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.