An earthquake has shaken the New Zealand city of Christchurch, damaging some buildings but causing no injuries.The magnitude 4.9 quake struck as shoppers thronged...
Vital store sales are beginning with retailers hoping brisk business will repair damage done by recent freezing temperatures and snow.Shops are offering bargains galore...
North Korean soldiers have boasted on state television of the attack on South Korea, saying it was immediate retaliation after the South fired first.Tensions...
Iraqis have celebrated a sombre Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI urged Chinese Catholics to stay loyal...
Airports could be fined millions of pounds for disrupting passengers travel under new plans being considered by the Government.Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said he...
A rare white Christmas in parts of southern United States has complicating life for some travellers as airlines cancelled hundreds of flights, while snow...
Former Venezuela president Carlos Andres Perez, whose popularity soared with his country's oil-based economy but who later faced riots, a severe economic downturn and...
A rocket carrying an Indian communication satellite has exploded just after lift-off in the second launch failure for India's space agency this year.Television images...
