Millions of census workers across India have begun a mammoth effort to document more than a billion people in the world's second-most populous country.First...
Anti-government protesters in Egypt expressed anger after vice president Omar Suleiman warned the country could fall to a coup unless they joined talks.His remarks...
Italian prosecutors have requested that prime minister Silvio Berlusconi stand trial over accusations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and then used...
Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce the outcome of talks with the banks aimed at curbing bonuses and boosting lending to business.Whitehall sources...
South Korea's coastguard said a Cambodian cargo ship has sunk after a suspected collision with an unidentified ship.Coastguard official Lee Sung-kang said four bodies...
Rescuers have recovered eight bodies after a plane carrying nine people crashed in a nature reserve in South Africa.National Rescue Service spokesman Craig Lambinon...
Russian authorities have named a man suspected over last month's suicide bomb attack on Moscow's airport, and arrested his teenage brother and sister.An official...