The death toll from the current cholera epidemic in Haiti has exceeded 500, the hurricane-hit country's health ministry says.
U.S. Vote Could Derail Russia Ties
With Republicans in the United States taking over the House and bolstering forces in the Senate, initiatives for a new partnership with Moscow appear in jeopardy.
Voting begins in Burma election
The people of Burma begin voting in the country's first national elections for 20 years, with the main opposition party boycotting the poll.
Yemen Orders Arrest of Radical US-Born Cleric
A Yemeni judge ordered police Saturday to find a radical U.S.-born cleric "dead or alive" after the al-Qaida-linked preacher failed to appear at his trial for his role in the killing of foreigners.
Somali Pirates Receive Record Ransom
Somali pirates said that they received a ransom of $9.5 million for the release of Samho Dream, a South Korean supertanker they hijacked in April.
Russian reporter in coma after attack
Two unknown men waited for Russian journalist Oleg Kashin to come home and then bludgeoned him on his head, arms and legs. Yet his editor said it was Kashin's mangled hands — with part of one pinky broken off — that showed his attackers wanted to make sure he never wrote again.
Obama pursues £6bn Delhi jobs deal
Barack Obama's India trip all about business for US with 20 deals worth £6bn ready to be finalised
Work-shy will be 'pushed' into working for free by welfare revolution
People who do not try hard enough to find a job will be forced to work for free or lose benefits, Government will announce.
Park51: not a 'Ground Zero mosque'
Rowan Moore talks to Park51's young architect, Michel Abboud, about his controversial project to build a 'Muslim YMCA' near Ground Zero in New York
Diplomat knocks Frankfurt mayor for honoring anti-Zionist
French academic Grosser plans to bash Israel during speech at Kristallnacht commemoration
Enduring misery and uncertain futures for Pakistan flood victims
More than 1,600 meters above sea level, there is an unusual school with only one teacher and eight pupils. This is the Xichan elementary school in Xijingshan village in the Taihang Mountains, Heshun county of Shanxi province, a school surrounded on three sides by steep stretches of mountains.
Giant Jesus statue completed in Polish town
Creators of Polish statue say it is the biggest in the world.
Suleiman the Magnificent’s centuries-old heritage: derelict cisterns of Muğla
Cisterns whose construction was sponsored by Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Suleiman the Magnificent) to supply water for his army on a military campaign against Rhodes in 1520 are today trying to survive the destructive effects of time. Although these 490-year-old works were built by Mimar Sinan, they are unfortunately not referenced in history or art books.
As Syria's oil production is in decline, the government is now looking into alternative policies to generate power.
Ofsted praises Islamic schools which oppose Western lifestyle
Ofsted and the Charity Commission are today accused of "whitewashing" hardline Islamic schools which are helping to radicalise a new generation of young British Muslims.
Pope urges Europe to keep spiritual roots
Pope Benedict warned Europe on Saturday against allowing materialism to obscure its spiritual heritage, as be began a lightning trip to highly secularised Spain, and took an indirect swipe at the country's liberal abortion law.
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