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.

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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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NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod.

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BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a...

NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent...

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for...

BEIJING - China's Monday asked its airlines not to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU).

The authorities also asked the airlines not to hike freight or add other...

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.

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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...

Varying Numbers According to police estimates, the pro-Putin demonstration question drew a whopping 138,000 people, more than the estimated 80,000 to 100,000 who reportedly attended the...

The European Union says gas flows from Russia have returned to normal levels in six European countries, after deliveries fell amid the European cold snap. The European Commission's...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's spokesman says the large turnout at a pro-Putin rally in Moscow on February 4 shows Putin will win an outright victory in the first round of the upcoming...

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White House: Stricter sanctions are needed because Iranian banks are concealing transactions, due to "the continuing and unacceptable risk posed to the international financial system by...

The United States announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in Syria, and Britain that is was recalling its ambassador, due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over...

Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini declared Monday that a general strike would begin Wednesday 6 a.m. unless his labor federation and the Treasury reach an agreement before then on the employment status...

Describing the respective scenes in the New England Patriots' and New York Giants' locker-rooms following Sunday night's 21-17 Big Blue triumph is a bit like comparing a wedding and a...

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt...

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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...

In the grounds of Granada's Parque de las Ciencias, delighted tourists and students watch a demonstration of olive trees being harvested. It is a timeless image of an industry whose Iberian roots...

Paralysed: Little Thusha Kamaleswaran will never walk again after she was shot through the chest while playing in her uncle's shop in Stockwell Road, south...

Qatada, 51, once described as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe', is free to continue fighting his deportation to Jordan - where he's wanted on suspicion of a Millennium...

The Prime Minister put on his skates and took to the ice during the coldest weekend of the winter for a 30 minute skating session on a synthetic...

An unidentified good Samaritan jumped into freezing temperatures to save a stranger's dog from the icy waters of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, Northumberland on the...

Probe: A scene of crimes officer gathers evidence outside a NatWest bank in the small Market Town of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, following the raid in the early hours of...

Had the pirate, who was handed to Seychelles police last week, lived in the West then he could have undergone a simple operation to remove his four extra...

The antics of some Kiwis on a Waitangi Day pub crawl through London have disgusted a fellow expat, who has complained to the Prime Minister and High Commissioner and says the misbehaviour has shamed...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard may be starting her parliamentary year today bruised and battered from media mauling, but for the first time in months there are signs that voters may be inching their...

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart has launched a flank attack on her wilful children, threatening to cut off their insurance against ransom if they do not agree to keep family disputes secret....

Josh Powell's note was simple and short, a farewell to the world after two years of media scrutiny and investigation by police, judges and social workers since the day his wife vanished. Just minutes...

For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear programme, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be...

It is a painting of startling simplicity. Two farm labourers contemplate their cards above an empty table, their expressions as blank as the austere background against which they are posed, little...

France may recently have suffered a credit agency downgrade, but President Nicolas Sarkozy's triple-A lifestyle in the Elysee Palace has been skewered in a new book. L'Argent de l'Etat by Rene...

China has banned its airlines from paying charges on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union. The charges that took effect last month are aimed at curbing emissions of climate-changing gases...

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Officials say Ambassador Robert Ford and other diplomats left Syria on Monday. It is the most dramatic US move so far after 11 months of a violent crackdown on dissent by President Bashar...

(Shutterstock) An Indiana woman is accused of leaving her obese sister in a chair for three weeks, to decompose and die. Vickie Holdcraft, 58, a worker for the county health department, was indicted...

Sarah Obama sustained minor injuries in a car crash in Kenya on the weekend. (NTV Kenya Screengrab) President Barack Obama's grandmother sustained minor injuries in a car crash in Kenya on the...

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, arrives at a court hearing in Oslo on February 6, 2012. Breivik admitted to detonating a bomb at a government building in Oslo that killed...

Queen Elizabeth attends a tree planting ceremony in the Diamond Jubilee Wood on her Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England February 3, 2012. The Queen marks her 60th year on the throne in...

After six years in custody, Abu Qatada could be freed within days for three months under stringent conditions , a judge at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission in London said. Abu Qatada has...

The Syrian government's computer system has reportedly been hacked, to reveal private memos, documents and emails apparently advising President Bashar al Assad on how to tackle reactions to his...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States announced on Monday it was closing its embassy in Syria due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over its bloody crackdown on...