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Earthquake: Army flies in after Christchurch hit by powerful shock
A state of emergency was declared in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday, after a powerful earthquake struck early on Saturday morning.
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9/11: Nine years on...
Throughout our marriage, Tom and I always had this feeling that, one day, we were going to be caught up in something significant. I feared Tom was going to be in a plane crash ? we'd even discussed what would happen if he was on a hijacked plane. He, meanwhile, always had this feeling that he'd be involved in "something big", something involving the White House. But neither of us could ever have imagined the events of 9/11.
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Middle East peace process: High-level talks but with low expectations
The two old friends were both middle-aged, both barbers, and both sons of Palestinian refugee parents who were forced to flee the same village outside Jaffa in the war of 1948. Each had an entirely different take yesterday on this week's high-profile start to the new round of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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Kashmiri star will finally get to the ball
History hangs in the air in Kashmir, as thick and unshifting as the mist that twists itself around the hills, as the teenage Basharat Bashir demonstrates his skill with a football.
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Earthquake Army flies in after Christchurch hit by powerful shock
A state of emergency was declared in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday, after a powerful earthquake struck early on Saturday morning.
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British films prove a hit at Venice
The titans of cinema dominated the 67th Venice Film Festival yesterday, but they were looking over their shoulders at a phalanx of British film-making talent.
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Tough lessons: How teachers are seeking answers at Auschwitz
For me, it is the suitcases. The ancient brown leather is battered and crumpled. But the letters are clear enough. Each bears only the name and date of birth of its owner. Some belonged to adults. But many belonged to children. It is not hard to imagine how the child's mother selected the bare essentials to pack ? the Nazis often provided lists, reminding mothers not to forget their child's favourite toys ? while their father lettered the outside of the case in white paint ? to make sure that things went as right as they could for their little one.
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German held by US troops 'planned Europe attacks'
A German Islamist held by US troops in Afghanistan and interrogated since July has revealed details of planned attacks on targets in Germany and Europe, a news weekly reported today.
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US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran
The United States' top military officer stressed today the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring it from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel
Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel today, two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, causing no injuries or damage, the Israeli military said.
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Suicide bomber kills five Afghan police and one civilian
A suicide bomber perched on the back of a motorcycle killed five Afghan policemen and one civilian in the increasingly violent northern province of Kunduz today.
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British tourist killed in New Zealand plane crash
A Briton was among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps today.
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Is Netanyahu ready to make peace? The test is yet to come
Whatever else two days of high-octane schmoozing in Washington may have achieved, it has failed, at least as far as the outside world is concerned, to answer one of the great diplomatic riddles of the times.
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65 killed by suicide bomb linked to Pakistani Taliban
A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least 65 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a US-backed government overwhelmed by a flood crisis.
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54 killed by suicide bomb linked to Pakistani Taliban
A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a US-backed government overwhelmed by a flood crisis.
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How Madame Bovary became a Bunny Girl (at the age of 154)
Shock horror: bored doctor's wife becomes a Bunny Girl at the age of 154.
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Indians fail drugs tests in new blow for Delhi Games
In an embarrassing blow to India's sporting hopes a month before it hosts the Commonwealth Games, eight of its athletes have been suspended after failing drugs tests.
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Castro's return to full uniform sparks rumours
Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.
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Too chicken to change? Satirists taunt Mugabe
He has sparked fury among Muslim theologians, been sued by a furious President Jacob Zuma and dared to poke fun at the father of the nation, Nelson Mandela.
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UN agency calls emergency summit over soaring global food prices
A United Nations agency has called a special meeting to discuss the recent spike in food prices, responding to fears of a repeat of the shortages that led to riots in parts of the world two years ago.
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25 cartel gunmen killed in army raid
Soldiers have killed at least 25 suspected members of a drug cartel in a clash near the US-Mexican border.
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40 killed by suicide bomb linked to Pakistani Taliban
A suicide bomber struck at a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, killing around 40 people.
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Let us drill ? or we may not have cash to pay Gulf claims
With the permanent sealing of its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico perhaps just days away, BP is warning that it may not have the money to pay the colossal clean-up bill if Congress passes a law that would stop it obtaining permits for offshore drilling in US waters.
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Whisper it, but Netanyahu may just be the man to make history
Whatever else two days of high-octane schmoozing in Washington may have achieved, it has failed, at least as far as the outside world is concerned, to answer one of the great diplomatic riddles of the times.
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Guilty after six-year trial, Portugal's high-society paedophile ring
To most people Portugal's state-run orphanages seemed like a safe haven for thousands of children who had been robbed of their parents. They were called the Casa Pia, or Houses of the Pious.
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