Prince Charles to make Scandinavian trip
Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla
The couple will pay a trip to Norway, Sweden and Denmark from March 20 to 27, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 60th year on the British throne....
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Tue 21st Feb, 2012 | 1:31pm
Police Chief Attack on Bahraini Opposition "Unacceptable"
Bahraini opposition protesters march on Riffa
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Wed 15th Feb, 2012 | 5:03pm
ROTHERHAM MP WELCOMES BRAZIL'S DECISION NOT TO SUPPORT FALKLANDS BLOCKADE
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Wed 8th Feb, 2012 | 9:51am
Seeking benefits, avoiding conflicts
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Mon 16th Jan, 2012 | 9:42am
The Day of 7 Billion
That's how many members of the species Homo Sapiens will be living, breathing, excreting, fighting and, worst of all, making new people, by the end of October 2011....
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Wed 19th Oct, 2011 | 4:01pm
UVA player guilty of 2nd-degree murder
A jury convicted former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love.
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23 Feb 2012 12:48 am
Chvez Appears to Use Venezuelan Fuel to Help Syrian Leader
The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chvez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.
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23 Feb 2012 12:44 am
Arrests made in death of Ala. 3rd-grader
The grandmother and stepmother of a 9-year-old Alabama girl who died Monday after allegedly being ordered to run around her family's house -- for hours -- as punishment for lying about taking...
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23 Feb 2012 12:27 am
World leaders to discuss Somalia
African and Western leaders are to discuss the future of Somalia, including the threat from terrorism and piracy, at a major conference in London.
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23 Feb 2012 12:25 am
Aleksandr Ankvab, President of Abkhazia, Survives Shooting
Assassins tried on Wednesday to kill the president of Abkhazia, a Russian-backed Georgian enclave, raising questions about Moscows ability to preserve order there.
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23 Feb 2012 12:10 am
Commonwealth urges Maldives polls
The Commonwealth calls for early elections in the Maldives to help solve the crisis caused by President Mohamed Nasheed's resignation two weeks ago.
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23 Feb 2012 12:07 am
Mexico arrests riot prison guards
The director of a Mexican prison and 28 guards are arrested on suspicion of helping a mass breakout and the murder of 44 other inmates.
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22 Feb 2012 11:55 pm
Koran Burning at U.S. Base Incites Afghans For 2nd Day
A day after NATO officials apologized for the burning of Korans, American Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.
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22 Feb 2012 11:48 pm
Argentina Train Crash Kills Dozens and Injures 600
The train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people.
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22 Feb 2012 11:33 pm
Lens Blog: Remembering a French Photographer Killed in Syria
Remi Ochlik, a 28-year-old French photographer, was killed in Syria on Wednesday. Friends and fellow photographers remember his work.
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22 Feb 2012 11:19 pm
Chavez will go to Cuba for surgery
Speculation and messages of support surged in Venezuela Wednesday, a day after President Hugo Chavez announced he would travel to Cuba for surgery.
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22 Feb 2012 10:57 pm
US rivals set for Arizona debate
The four Republican candidates prepare to spar in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries in the US states of Arizona and Michigan.
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22 Feb 2012 10:46 pm
India threatens trade war over EU tax on airlines
India, China, US, Russia, Brazil and another 21 nations have decided to retaliate against the EU decision to impose a carbon tax on flights landing in Eurozone.
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22 Feb 2012 10:32 pm
At War Blog: Supreme Court Takes Up Stolen Valor Case
The federal government on Wednesday mounted a vigorous defense in the Supreme Court of the Stolen Valor Act.
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22 Feb 2012 10:24 pm
US dismay at IAEA Iranian visit
The White House expresses disappointment on the barring of UN nuclear inspectors from a site in Iran, calling the visit a "failure" for Tehran.
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22 Feb 2012 10:09 pm
David Beckham backs famine appeal
David Beckham Goodwill Ambassador
The 36-year-old soccer superstar - who has three sons, Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, nine, and six-year-old Cruz, and seven-month-old daughter Harper Seven with wife Victoria - has highlighted the food shortage crisis facing 300,000 children in the country by urging people to get behind the operation....
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Tue 21st Feb, 2012 | 10:43am
Prince Harry likely to be sent back to Afghanistan
Prince Harry completes Apache training
The 27-year-old royal has successfully completed 18 months of intensive training and was awarded the prize for being best Co-Pilot Gunner during a dinner last night (08....
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Thu 9th Feb, 2012 | 9:16pm
Learning from human rights defenders
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Tue 31st Jan, 2012 | 11:39am
Our Crowded World
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Thu 24th Nov, 2011 | 2:40pm
Citizen Journalism
YT is something completely new: A magazine style website with contributions from hundreds of citizen-journalists - that's you and me brother!...
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Tue 27th Sep, 2011 | 6:14pm
Senate offices warned of mail threat
Letters containing a powdery substance were sent to at least three congressional offices this week, and the sender is threatening more that could include harmful material, the top Senate law...
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23 Feb 2012 12:46 am
In pictures: Somali samosa seller
A mother sells samosas to support 10 children
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23 Feb 2012 12:31 am
Donald out of World Match Play
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is beaten in the World Match Play Championship's first round by South Korea's YE Yang.
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23 Feb 2012 12:25 am
National Cathedral fix to top $20M
While stone carvers chisel new pieces to repair damage inflicted on the Washington National Cathedral by an earthquake last August, fundraisers say the cathedral's restoration fund is $18...
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23 Feb 2012 12:22 am
At War Blog: Pentagon Says U.S. Citizens With Terrorism Ties Can Be Targeted in Strikes
The Obama administration's top Pentagon lawyer on Wednesday said that American citizens who join Al Qaeda can be targeted for killing and that courts should have no role in reviewing executive...
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23 Feb 2012 12:09 am
France Drops Mademoiselle From Official Use
The use of mademoiselle, Prime Minister Franois Fillon wrote, made reference to a womans matrimonial situation, whereas monsieur signified simply sir.
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22 Feb 2012 11:56 pm
Gillard calls leadership ballot
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces a ballot for the leadership of the Labor party to end a damaging split in the organisation.
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22 Feb 2012 11:52 pm
VIDEO: Iran novel mixes art and activism
Zahra's Paradise is a novel published on the Internet which combines art with political activism.
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22 Feb 2012 11:42 pm
Police: Student shot, another in custody
One student was wounded and another was in custody Wednesday after a shooting at an elementary school in Bremerton, Washington, authorities said.
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22 Feb 2012 11:20 pm
Cruise finds Fukushima pollution
An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels.
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22 Feb 2012 11:05 pm
Chile-Peru border mine scare ends
Chile reopens its main border crossing with Peru after closing it earlier this week when rain washed landmines onto the road.
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22 Feb 2012 10:55 pm
VIDEO: Is Somalian capital on the mend?
Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
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22 Feb 2012 10:40 pm
VIDEO: Argentina train crash kills dozens
At least 49 people have been killed in a train accident in Buenos Aires.
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22 Feb 2012 10:27 pm
Karzai urges calm over Koran row
Afghan President Hamid Karzai urges Afghans "not to resort to violence" after protests over the burning of the Koran at a US airbase near Kabul.
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22 Feb 2012 10:18 pm
Chvez Appears to Use Venezuelan Fuel to Help Syrias Assad
The Venezuelan shipment under President Hugo Chvez flies in the face of international efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and pressure him to step down.
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22 Feb 2012 9:59 pm
