Work ongoing at Japanese reactor, power restoration and stabilisation efforts resume
Efforts have resumed at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to restore electrical power and cool overheating reactors, seriously...
Efforts have resumed at Japan's...
Wife of Guatemalan President Colom seeks divorce to run for presidential election
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife Sandra Torres have filed for divorce so she can stand for election to succeed him, in an attempt to...
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife...
Former Israeli President jailed for rape
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of rape and other sexual offences against three female former...
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has been jailed for...
Allies pound Gaddafi's military
Allied forces engaged in the enforcement of a UN mandated no-fly zone over Libya, last night carried out a series of aerial bombings around Tripoli, Benghazi...
Allied forces engaged in the enforcement of a UN mandated...
Qatar fighter jets make Cyprus emergency landing for fuel
UPDATED | Qatar fighter jets have made an emergency landing in Cyprus after...
UPDATED | Qatar fighter jets have made an emergency...
Strike on Gaza kills children, say doctors
Four Palestinian family members have died in Gaza, doctors say, in an...
Four Palestinian family members have died in Gaza,...
Saleh to go early offer fails to end Yemen crisis
President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to resign by January but the opposition...
President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to resign by January...
Libya's rebel leader urges Malta to 'widen support and cooperation'
Leader of transitional council in Libya appreciates Malta’s stance on...
Leader of transitional council in Libya appreciates...
Japan nuclear progress amid fears of rain-driven contamination
The United Nations nuclear agency (IAEA) says there have been positive...
The United Nations nuclear agency (IAEA) says there have...
Airstrike hits Gaddafi compound
Allied airstrikes have pounded Libya for the second night last night, destroying a building a few yards away from Gaddafi’s private residence.
Allied airstrikes have pounded Libya for the second night...
Yemeni President fires cabinet
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday dismissed his Cabinet, but has asked the officials to stay on until a new Cabinet is appointed.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday dismissed...
Sgarbi, Italy’s chief provocateur, says Italy should choose non-belligerence like Malta
Given that Malta, like Italy, is one of the closest countries to Libya, and is not consenting to allowing its military bases used, “why...
Given that Malta, like Italy, is one of the...
Ireland chooses military neutrality on Security Council resolution
Irish president Mary McAleese says Ireland's “military...
Irish president Mary McAleese says Ireland's...
Gaddafi ‘not targeted’ by allied strikes
Allied forces carrying out air strikes in Libya say Colonel Muammar Gaddafi...
Allied forces carrying out air strikes in Libya say...
Where's the film? Hamas's violent crackdown on pro-unity Gaza youth and journalists
Our Gaza correspondent has witnessed the violent beatings by Hamas police of pro-unity Gazans protesting.
Our Gaza correspondent has witnessed the violent beatings...
UK, US and France pound Libya, Gaddafi vows retaliation
The United Kingdom, the United States and France have attacked...
The United Kingdom, the United States and France have...
Hopes of power rise at stricken Japan nuclear plant
Workers in Japan are reportedly close to restoring power to cooling systems...
Workers in Japan are reportedly close to restoring power...
Gaddafi condemns military action against Libyan people
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says air raids amount to terrorism and vows to...
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says air raids amount to...