Brazil formally recognises Palestinian statehood
Brazil has been accused of undermining the Middle East peace process after it formally recognised Palestinian statehood in the West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli fire under control after four days
Firefighters brought a four-day-old forest fire that killed 41 people under control on Sunday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government faced calls for officials to be sacked.
Homes buried in Colombia landslide
A rescue operation is underway in the Colombian city of Medellin where a number of homes have been buried under tonnes of mud.
Court to rule on Concorde crash
The trial reopened old questions over whether European engineers or an American company, Continental Airlines, was responsible for the July 2000 crash of the European jet
Iran mining uranium ore ahead of new nuke talks
Iran delivered a resolute message Sunday on the eve of talks with six world powers: We're mining our own uranium now, so forget about stopping our nuclear ambitions.
Anger flares in Haiti over elections
Protesters in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince have clashed with police at a demonstration, demanding the annulment of last week's presidential poll.
Japan defense plan wary of China's military: report
Japan will identify North Korea as a threat and call China's military activities a concern in a review of its defense policy that will include plans to beef up its ability to cope with Beijing's rise, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Barack Obama forced to climb down over tax cuts
Barack Obama is being forced into a climb down on the politically explosive issue of tax cuts for the wealthy, after losing key votes in Congress.
Floods force more evacuations in Venezuela
Deadly floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains prompted authorities to evacuate hundreds more Venezuelans from high-risk regions Sunday and stoked fears that voters would abstain from important elections in 11 cities and two state
11,000 evacuated from homes in Albanian floods
More than 11,000 people were evacuated from their homes in Albania due to floods that have hit the country in the past week.
Regional security tops GCC summit
Security challenges are set to top the agenda in the two-day Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit to be convened today in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital of Abu Dhabi.
Pakistan orders arrests in Bhutto case
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrest of two senior police officers on allegations they failed to provide adequate security for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination, a prosecutor said on Sunday.
Kyoto row dims prospects at UN talks
Clashes between rich and developing nations over the future of the Kyoto Protocol for fighting global warming clouded UN climate talks on Saturday despite glimmers of progress in some areas.
UN to Start Uranium Bank
The United Nations atomic agency won approval to start a uranium bank backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and intended to assure states that supplies of the metal used in power reactors won’t be cut off.
Government Allocates $10Bln for World Cup
The federal budget will supply 300 billion rubles ($9.6 billion) of funding for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, excluding airports and roads, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Friday. Experts say some of that funding will help accelerate regional development.
Egypt to produce 12 tons of gold in 2011
Egypt will be producing 12 tons of gold by next year,
Unresolved conflicts across the former Soviet Union thwarted attempts by Europe's main security watchdog to adopt new powers Friday, sending world leaders home empty-handed from the first OSCE summit in more than a decade.
Bangladesh ship seized off India
A Bangladeshi-flagged ship is thought to have been seized by pirates off southern India, say shipping officials
The last days of Silvio Berlusconi
Correspondents in Italy are dusting off the black armbands: we may have little more than one more week left in which to kick Silvio Berlusconi around. As predicted in this space back in August, the Italian prime minister’s former right-hand man, the post-Fascist leader Gianfranco Fini, who has been feuding with his old chief for most of the year, is now poised to plunge in the dagger.
Time to pull at the roots of sea piracy
Sitting in a Chinese restaurant enjoying some midday refreshment, Andrew Mwangura could have been mistaken for just another middle-aged Kenyan worn out by work.
A Web Site for Literary Teenagers
Figment.com, created by former staff members of The New Yorker, gives teenagers a chance to show what they’re reading and writing.
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