A new global treaty banning cluster munitions enters into force, hailed by campaigners as the most important treaty in 10 years.
One million people remain affected by monsoon flooding in north-west Pakistan, as fears grow that flooding could spread south.
The only child of former US President Bill Clinton, Chelsea, is married to her banker boyfriend at a ceremony cloaked in secrecy.
The Netherlands is to end its military involvement in Afghanistan, after four years in which its troops have won praise for their effectiveness.
Pakistan’s president is due in Europe for a trip that will take in the UK, amid tensions over comments about terrorism by PM David Cameron.
Sudan says UN peacekeepers in Darfur must inform the government of all travel plans, insisting they have failed to stop violence at refugee camps.
The worst monsoon floods in living memory kill at least 800 people and affect one million in north-west Pakistan, a local official says.
A million people in north-west Pakistan are affected by the country’s worst monsoon floods in living memory, the UN says, as local officials put the death toll at 800.
The wave of floods triggered by monsoon rains in north-west Pakistan is now said to have killed at least 800 people. Many are still missing. A…
Raging forest fires are spreading across parts of western Russia. Twenty-eight people are now known to have died and 3,500 people have been forced…
An emotional memorial service has been held for 21 people killed at the Love Parade dance festival in Germany last weekend. Chancellor Angela…
President Sarkozy has been accused of pandering to the far right, after vowing to strip people of immigrant origin who commit some serious crimes of…
Around 30 people are now feared dead in forest fires ravaging central Russia. Emergency services continue to tackle the flames, but it is an…
At least 15 people are reported dead in an explosion at a coal mine in China. Rescue teams were searching for survivors after the disaster at the…
Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed a senior Hamas militant and injured several people. They were launched in response to a rocket…
A strengthening Lebanese government is helping the militant group Hezbollah bust alleged spy cells, sometimes using tools and tradecraft acquired from Western nations. The chief of Lebanon’s domestic security forces had a warning for the Hezbollah commander: “You’ve been infiltrated.”
A video of an activist in restive Papua province being taunted and viciously killed by police bolsters allegations that the military and police there act with brute force and impunity. The video, shot in the jungle of Indonesia’s restive Papua province, shows a wounded political activist lying face-up on the ground, surrounded by an armed [...]
A thickening hopelessness hangs over the 1.5 million displaced people who await more durable shelters. ‘I hope the international community can keep our hope alive, because it’s fading,’ one said. Reporting from Corail-Cesselesse, Haiti
U.S. troops now account for about two-thirds of the NATO force in Afghanistan, and Americans make up more than two-thirds of July’s Western military fatalities. The platoon sergeant was inspecting the gaping crater left by a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan when a second thunderous blast went off just 20 feet away.
In a massive crackdown against paedophile nexus in Poland, 17 people have been arrested for distributing child pornography via internet, Polish Radio External Service reported.
Six civilians were killed on Sunday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, an official said, as civilian casualties continued to mount amid an increase in violence by insurgents.
The shadow of Pakistan hangs over efforts to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, reports Nick Meo in Nad-e-Ali
Pakistani demonstrators have set fire to an effigy of the British Prime Minister David Cameron in protest to his recent allegations against Islamabad.
At least 47 people have been killed in heavy floods that hit northeast China’s Jilin Province during the past few days even as the death toll in the collapse of a bridge in Henan province rose to 49.
Irish dissidents attacked spy headquarters in 2000, though damage was minimal
China took a further step today towards ending its dependence on US satellites to provide navigation and positioning services.
The key to happiness is to keep yourself busy in various activities, say experts. Even doing meaningless or unnecessary tasks makes you feel better than just sitting round getting bored, reports express.co.uk. read more
The Obama administration is starting to count more heavily on hunting down insurgents and less on winning over civilians.
Two dozen workers were trapped in a flooded mine in northeast China today, the latest accident in the country’s notoriously dangerous coal industry.
Twitter’s 20 billionth message didn’t make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service.
The Obama administration is starting to count more heavily on hunting down insurgents and less on winning over civilians.
‘It’s ridiculous’: Rescuers who’ve cleaned dozens of animals say officials are telling them not to help
Chelsea Clinton was married on Saturday, though details of the wedding were guarded like state secrets amid a horde of frustrated reporters in Rhinebeck, north of New York City, the family announced.
The Iraqi government has announced that July was the deadliest month in the country in more than two years.
Government officials are pleading for international aid as water levels in dams continue to rise.
The European Union has given 30 million euros (about $39 million) in aid to Pakistan so it could help the most needy, including those hit by the current floods in the country, a media report said.
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