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Suicide blast in Pakistan city

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:32:00 GMT

At least 12 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

Pakistan weapons test 'a warning'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:00 GMT

Pakistan's navy has successfully test-fired a series of missiles and torpedoes in what it called a message to "nefarious" forces - an apparent reference to long-time rival India.

Australian navy 'sex games' probed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:52:00 GMT

Australian officials have launched an investigation into allegations that sailors on board a navy ship were running a sex competition during an overseas deployment last year.

Obama to donate peace prize money

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:52:00 GMT

US President Barack Obama plans to donate the 1.4 million US dollars (£930,000) from his Nobel Peace Prize to good causes.

'I saw Israeli bulldozer kill Rachel Corrie'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:57:01 GMT

The final moments of Rachel Corrie, the American peace activist crushed to death beneath a pile of earth and rubble in the path of an advancing Israeli army bulldozer, were described to an Israeli court by an eyewitness Wednesday.

Israeli 'killer prices' ad mimics Dubai assassination

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:12 GMT

An Israeli supermarket ad is looking to cash in on the surveillance footage of an assassination team killing a Hamas commander in Dubai.

Lehman Brothers investment bank 'hid billions' – report

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:42 GMT

Lehman Brothers, the investment bank whose collapse in September 2008 brought the world's financial system to its knees, was hiding tens of billions of dollars of its debts through accounting tricks and was insolvent weeks before it actually filed for bankruptcy, according to an explosive report made public last night.

West Bank rises up in a new 'white' intifada

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:48 GMT

Ehab Barghouti would not have been at the demonstration at all if his father Asdal had had his way.

Palestinians threaten to quit talks over Israeli settlements

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:35:07 GMT

US Vice President Joe Biden was last night struggling to keep freshly announced Middle East negotiations on track despite a threat by the Palestinians not to participate unless Israel reverses its latest settlement expansion plans for East Jerusalem.

Suu Kyi condemns Burma election ban

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:00 GMT

Detained Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said she is surprised but undaunted by the military government's new election laws that will bar her from running for office or even voting in polls to be held this year.

First gay marriages in Mexico City

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:00 GMT

Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples have made history in Mexico City as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

Anti-death penalty minister resigns

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:00 GMT

Taiwan's justice minister has resigned after her public stance against the death penalty failed to win government support.

Tigers die of malnutrition at zoo

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:00 GMT

Eleven Siberian tigers died at a zoo in China's frigid north-east region and animal protection officials suspect that the majority died because they weren't given enough to eat, it has been reported.

Pledge of Allegiance ruling backed

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:00 GMT

A US federal appeals court has upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on US currency, rejecting arguments that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.

Maldives battles rising tides with floating golf course plan

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:53 GMT

The island nation of the Maldives, confronted by rising oceans and a landscape that is just a few feet above sea level, is poised to build a floating golf course and convention centre in what could be the first of a series of futuristic off-shore developments designed to counter the threat posed by global warming and the rising oceans.

Violence erupts as the Greeks go on strike

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:01 GMT

Violent street clashes erupted in Athens yesterday as tens of thousands demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures.

New York in 9/11 rescue payout

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:12:00 GMT

New York City is to pay up to 657.5 million US dollars (£437 million) in compensation to rescue and recovery workers affected by dust at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks.

Spector appeals murder conviction

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:52:00 GMT

Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked a US appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.

Anti-whaling activist arrested

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:32:00 GMT

Japan's coast guard have arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand for illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship last month, an official said.

Kercher killer: Other two to blame

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:22:00 GMT

A man convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher has written a letter implicating his co-defendants and denying he ever said they had nothing to do with the murder.

Ex-president's stolen body reburied

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:00 GMT

The body of former Cypriot president Tassos Papadopoulos has been reburied, three months after it was stolen from its grave in an apparent extortion bid.

Taliban shooting 'more accurate'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:00 GMT

British commanders in Afghanistan are watching to see if the Taliban are changing tactics after troops in a militant hotspot reported that insurgents' shooting is becoming more accurate.

Ex-Bosnian leader 'owed apology'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:52:00 GMT

The British government owes a former Bosnian president an apology for his "mistreatment" in prison, the chairman of the joint presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina has said.

Tsunami fear amid Chile aftershock

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:12:00 GMT

Chile has been put on tsunami alert after a severe aftershock rattled the country less than a fortnight after the massive quake that killed hundreds.

Development goals go 'off track'

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:00 GMT

The Millennium Development Goals are dangerously off track, the International Development Secretary warned as he announced a package of measures to help developing countries.