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Published:Thursday | May 28, 2009 | 8:44 AM

Three suspects have been arrested after an explosives-packed van reduced a police building to rubbles yesterday in eastern Pakistan, killing 27 persons.

Published:Wednesday | May 27, 2009 | 6:08 PM

Car makers General Motors is reporting that it has fallen far short of the bondholder support it needed for its proposed debt-for-stock offer.

Published:Wednesday | May 27, 2009 | 9:05 AM

Mexican authorities have arrested 27 high-ranking officials suspected of collaborating with drug-trafficking gangs in the state of Michoacan.

Published:Wednesday | May 27, 2009 | 9:04 AM

North Korea is reported to have fired another missile, despite US warnings that it would pay a price for nuclear and missile tests in recent days.

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2009 | 6:13 PM

US President Barack Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to serve as the country\'s Supreme Court.

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2009 | 8:36 AM

The police in Brazil have foiled a plot to smuggle mobile phones into a high-security prison using a remotely-controlled model helicopter.

Published:Tuesday | May 26, 2009 | 8:35 AM

The UN Security Council has agreed to immediately begin work on a new resolution on North Korea after its nuclear test.

Published:Friday | May 22, 2009 | 6:03 PM

A moderately strong earthquake rocked Mexico City earlier this afternoon, shaking the earth in the sprawling capital.

Published:Friday | May 22, 2009 | 6:01 PM

A US Appeals Court has largely upheld a landmark ruling that cigarette makers lied about the health risks of smoking.

Published:Friday | May 22, 2009 | 1:27 PM

Mexico City has lifted all restrictions which were imposed last month following the outbreak of the H1N1 Influenza across the country.

Published:Friday | May 22, 2009 | 1:27 PM

Credit card companies in the US will soon be bound by new restrictions on their ability to charge fees, or raise interest rates on existing borrowings.

Published:Thursday | May 21, 2009 | 6:42 PM

The US Virgin Islands (USVI) requested funding from President Barack Obama for its energy programme.

Published:Thursday | May 21, 2009 | 6:37 PM

Five US police officers in Birmingham, Alabama have been fired for beating an unconscious suspect who had crashed his car in a police pursuit.

Published:Thursday | May 21, 2009 | 1:32 PM

US President Barack Obama has reiterated his commitment to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba.

Published:Thursday | May 21, 2009 | 1:32 PM

The Somali man who held an American Captain hostage at sea for several days is to appear before a New York City court today.

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2009 | 6:35 PM

The US treasury said financial institutions will repay $25 billion of bailout funds over the next year.

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2009 | 6:33 PM

An inquiry into child abuse at Irish Catholic institutions in Ireland has revealed that church leaders were aware of the widespread sexual exploitation of boys.

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2009 | 1:30 PM

A Somali teenager captured by the US during the rescue of an American sea captain from pirates in April is indicted in New York on piracy charges.

Published:Wednesday | May 20, 2009 | 1:23 PM

A Puerto Rican man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and killing a pregnant woman in February.

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2009 | 5:55 PM

US President Barack Obama unveiled plans to make vehicles more fuel efficient to cut the country’s oil use and set the first national standards.

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2009 | 5:54 PM

Nearly 10, 000 cases of H1N1 Influenza cases have been confirmed worldwide as Japan records a rapid climb in outbreaks of the virus.

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2009 | 1:38 PM

United Kingdom House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin has decided to step down following calls from parliamentarians.

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2009 | 1:37 PM

Russia and the United States are holding the first of three days of talks in Moscow on a new treaty aimed at reducing their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

Published:Tuesday | May 19, 2009 | 9:03 AM

Five more New York City schools will be closed today because of an increase in the number of students with flu-like symptoms.

Published:Monday | May 18, 2009 | 6:08 PM

Parliamentarians in the UK called for the House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin to quit over his handling of an expenses fracas.

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