CAIRO - Egypt has decided to advance the election of a new president, giving in to the demands of increasingly violent protesters and raising hopes of a civilian government taking over the task of...

WASHINGTON - Amid an escalated tension threatening a nuclear conflict between the two nations, US President Barack Obama has said he did not believe Israel had decided on an attack on Iran to disrupt...

MOSCOW- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stressed need for Russia to adopt new democratic mechanisms to move forward and to be able to react swiftly to the interests and desires of large groups in...

DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country.

The...

LONDON - Heavy snowfall and intense cold this winter, one of the most severe in decades, has taken its toll across Europe, with many rural areas badly affected and several deaths reported.

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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has stopped Chinese airlines to pay charge on carbon emissions forced by the Europe Union (EU), and neither to hike freights, nor to add other fees...

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen has rubbished claims made by his critics that he has lost passion for Formula One.

The 2007 world champion seemed less than completely involved in his last year...

The 12th India- European Union (EU) Summit will be held in New Delhi on February 10.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will lead the Indian delegation, while Herman Van Rompu, President of European...

United Nations Human Rights Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana has said he has witnessed a positive impact in Myanmar's recent human rights situation, but added that serious challenges still remain and need...

New Zealand cruised to a 141-run victory over Zimbabwe after amassing 372 for 6 at the Cobham Oval here in the second one-day international , and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

Opener...

A tiny fighter from UK is recovering in hospital after becoming the youngest person to have open-heart surgery.

Surgeons pieced together Jasmine Carr's heart when she was 17 and a half hours old...

A quarter of Britons have claimed that they have been to ancient Wonders of the World, wiped off the Earth hundreds of years ago.

Over one in eight (13 per cent) said that they have seen the...

China's airlines are not allowed to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU) nor are they allowed to hike freight or add other fees without government permission,...

Pakistan has lost over 8,500 billion rupees in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's tenure, Transparency International Pakistan...

Matthew Wade's impressive performance against India in the first One-Day international is putting more pressure on the out of form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.

He scored a well played half-century...

The European Union may introduce a new package of sanctions against Syria, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has said.

"Belgium will actively contribute to this process (preparation and...

Vetoes by Russia and China of a U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria condemning President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on his people and calling for him to step down have drawn outrage from...

The human rights situation was improving in Myanmar but serious challenges still remained and needed to be addressed, UN special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana has said.

Quintana, the UN Special...

Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis.

According to witnesses, several...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation.

The...

Al-Qaeda is trying to recruit women for carrying out suicide bombings in Britain, parliament members have warned in a report.

The terrorist group is using extremist websites to radicalise the...

speeded up by more than a year. Consider it a sign of the times. Like the F-35, American mega-bases, essentially well-fortified American towns plunked down in a strange land, like our latest...

CRYSTAL Serenity slipped in and out of Newcastle harbour yesterday as the cruise ship made its Hunter debut.The 820-foot cruise ship unloaded about 1000 passengers from Los Angeles after arriving...

FEW people ever win an Australian title, much less claim national championships in two different sports.Sugar Valley member Maree Evans joined an exclusive club when she won the women's...

Taipei, Feb. 6 (CNA) Taiwan saw its foreign exchange reserves grow in January for the first time in three months and remains as the country with the fourth largest foreign reserves in the world,...

In the February issue, we recap swimming in the Olympics between 1920 and 1936, which included such big names as Duke Kahanamoku, Aileen Riggin, Johnny Weissmuller, Yasuji Miyazaki and Hendrika...

China does not intend to submit to air carbon tax scheme, which provides for a limitation of carbon dioxide in the mainland airports, and calls for Europe to act "wisely" in view of the...

Protesters hold a placard reading ''The next tax will be used for the fence'', during a rally against the construction of a border fence aimed at stemming illegal immigration, in...

FILE - This is a Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo of Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Rev. Ian Paisley as he attends a DUP press conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont,Belfast, Northern...

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, the U.S. embassy building is seen in Damascus, Syria. The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American...

Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors in the debris of a building that collapsed in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. A three-story factory illegally set up in a residential area of an...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, the U.S. embassy building is seen in Damascus, Syria. The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American...

In this photo made available Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 a woman walks along an ice covered car on the iced waterside promenade at the Lake Geneva in Versoix, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. A cold spell...

A man sorts through the remains of his home in the village of Bisser, 288 km ( aprox. 180 miles) east of the capital Sofia, on Monday, Feb 6, 2012. A dam in southern Bulgaria collapsed after heavy...

LONDON -; A British court ruled Monday that an extremist cleric described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida operatives should be released on bail. After six years in custody, Abu Qatada...

Romanian Premier Emil Boc, front centre, leaves the headquarters of the ruling Democratic Liberal party in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, after announcing his immediate resignation with...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -; Political parties in Sierra Leone say a top U.N. representative to the nation is leaving as polls approach later this year. Michael von der Schulenburg is scheduled to...

VATICAN CITY -; Pope John Paul II has named a new bishop for the Salina, Kansas, diocese. The Vatican said Monday that the pontiff selected Monsignor Edward John Weisenburger for the post. the...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 file photo, a view of the US embassy in Damascus, two days after the embassy notified its community in Syria that it could close its door for public after a US...

An Egyptian man stands in front of riot police blocking the road during clashes with protestors near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in...

Mumbai, Feb 6 : Rotary International, one of the largest partners in the fight against polio across the world, has succeeded in raising more than 202.6 million US Dollars, thereby surpassing the Bill...

BBC Monday, February 6, 2012 Further protests in opposition to controversial anti-piracy measures have taken place, with another 100 expected to happen in Europe this week. A petition calling for...

Scotland dropped to eleventh while Wales climbed two spots to sixth in the latest IRB World rankings following the opening round of the Six Nations. Scotland dropped below Tonga and Samoa...

Polica 's sound is crisp, minimalist and mesmerizing. Singer Channy Leaneagh plays her voice like an instrument, using AutoTune both in the studio and at live shows to manipulate her vocals....

Elvis Costello , a London native who's been reinventing what it means to be a rock musician since 1970. Spanning punk, new wave, underground rock and even bluegrass, Costello has more than 30...

The staff teams from the World Bank, European Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met on 6 February to evaluate the developments in Romania’s economic programme in 2011 and...

Carrier joins other container lines in pushing rate increses on depressed trade lane United Arab Shipping imposed a $775 general rate increase on Asia-Europe services effective March 1, joining other...

Australia on Monday congratulated Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on her 60 years on the throne, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard describing the milestone as ';truly...

Beirut - Syrian forces bombarded the city of Homs early on Monday, killing 15 people in a wave of attacks across several districts, activists and residents...