Iraqi Christians: Better off than other Iraqi refugees?
Arab Christians in the US and elsewhere help facilitate the resettlement of Iraqi Christians fleeing violence in Iraq. Is the Western media overplaying the challenges facing Christians in Iraq?
UN criticises US on drone attacks
The use of targeted killings with drone aircraft poses a growing challenge to the international rule of law, a UN official says.
Volunteers to begin 'Mars exile'
Six men are about to lock themselves into a mock spaceship in Moscow to simulate an 18-month mission to Mars.
Saudi bride contracts ask for age
New wedding contracts will require Saudi brides to give their ages in an attempt to prevent children being married.
Fears for Gaza-bound Irish ship
An Irish woman onboard a ship carrying aid to Gaza says the crew expects Israeli forces to board the vessel.
Turning garbage into cash is fresh industry for some
It's hard to live a day in Beijing without realizing trash is everywhere. Lining the streets, stuffed in crevices of couches, floating in the rivers and streams - approximately 152 million tons of it each year throughout China according to a recent report.
China says no thanks to US defense chief
China has ruled out a stopover by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who had hoped to make improved military ties with Beijing the centerpiece of his trip to Asia this week....
Saudi court to probe MTV 'sins'
Saudi Arabia's religious police are investigating three young Saudis who challenged the country's strict laws in a TV programme.
Libyan executions are condemned
Human rights campaigners condemn the Libyan execution of 18 people, mostly foreigners from Nigeria and Egypt.
Apple boss defends iPhone factory
Steve Jobs defends conditions at an electronics manufacturer producing Apple products, following a spate of suicides.
London salt water plant opens
The Duke of Edinburgh opens a water desalination plant which aims to combat water shortages in the capital.
Confused by Metro law? You will be
Penalty for bringing a weapon on a train is Dh200, but for sleeping in waiting area it's Dh300, and don't even think about chewing gum.
Pirates grab QSM Dubai in Gulf of Aden
The European Union's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have hijacked a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.
When poets rocked Russia’s stadiums
Since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991, Russian poetry has begun to resemble American poetry in ways that are both fascinating and sad. What’s fascinating is how talented, and how different from one another, Russia’s young poets are
Russia says 20-year population fall may be turning
Russia may have bucked a post-Soviet population decline, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday after announcing a 1.5 percent rise in the number of births during the first quarter.
Ireland's unemployment rate hits 16-year high
Ireland's unemployment rate has reached a 16-year high and the total number of welfare claimants has climbed to a new record high, government statisticians reported Wednesday in the latest sign that the country remains in the grip of recession.
Beijing ‘renting’ Russian border area for Chinese farmers
Beijing has rented 426,600 hectares of Russian territory in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Khabarovsk Kray for agricultural use by Chinese farmers, the Xinhua News Agency Reports, a 42 percent increase in the size of such Chinese holdings inside Russia and one likely to infuriate many Russian nationalists.
Mother of seven emerges as favourite for German presidency
Germany is on course to be ruled by two women after a mother of seven emerged as the favourite to become the country's president alongside Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Women considering abortions offered £3,700 to keep their babies
Italian women considering having an abortion will be offered €4,500 (£3,700) to keep the baby.
Germans fall out of love with Europe
Germany is increasingly resentful of being seen as the cashpoint for its cash-strapped southern neighbours
Accounts of Turkish returnees reveal Israeli mistreatment
Peace activists returning to Turkey say that Israeli commandos beat them during a deadly raid on an aid flotilla that was trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza earlier this week, adding to the accounts from citizens of several nations that evidence ill treatment at the hands of Israeli authorities.
Ergenekon general Ersöz testifies via video conference
Retired Gen. Levent Ersöz, who has been hospitalized at İstanbul University’s faculty of medicine hospital for several months, testified on Wednesday from his hospital bed live via video link in the trial of Ergenekon, a criminal network accused of working to overthrow the government.
French bid for euro zone "government" gains ground
French-inspired plans to create an "economic government" for the euro zone took a step forward on Wednesday when European Council President Herman Van Rompuy threw his weight behind the idea.
New Israeli Tack Needed on Gaza, U.S. Officials Say
The Obama administration considers Israel’s blockade of Gaza to be untenable and plans to press for another approach, U.S. officials said.
Nation's debt hits $13 trillion
The federal government is now $13 trillion in the red, the Treasury Department will announce Wednesday -- marking the first time the government has sunk that far into debt.
Will US revoke the right of American citizenship to foreigners born here?
A bill in the House of Representatives would change the 14th amendment to the US Constitution that grants anyone who is born on US soil the right of American citizenship. Efforts to revoke birthright citizenship could make it the new flashpoint in the debate over immigration.
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