European markets are under pressure amid fears the current unrest in Egypt could cause instability across the oil-rich Middle East.The FTSE 100 Index fell...
China's state-owned offshore oil and gas company is intensifying its search for oil in the western United States.CNOOC announced it will pay 570 million...
Burma has opened its first parliament in more than two decades, an event greeted with cautious optimism by opposition politicians despite the military's tight...
Two bombings targeting police in the north-western Pakistan city of Peshawar have killed five people, including a senior police officer, officials said.In the most...
David Cameron has called for a "proper orderly transition" to democratic government in Egypt.The Prime Minister said he had warned President Hosni Mubarak in...
Protesters opposed to the Government's radical NHS reforms are to demonstrate outside Parliament as ministers begin a second debate on the controversial Health and...
Neglect levels in Britain's care homes have been described as "scandalous" after it emerged that more than 650 elderly residents have died of dehydration...
An Indonesian pop star who rocked the predominantly Muslim nation after several home-made sex tapes found their way to the internet has been sentenced...
