Completing a stage in an incredible journey, Barack Obama made history as the Democratic party named him as its candidate in the November US presidential election, making him the first African American to lead a major political party...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the Georgian crisis to benefit one of the presidential candidates, a claim the White House calls 'patently...

Somali pirates have freed an Omani ship almost eight months after hijacking the vessel....

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has labelled widespread flooding in his country's north-east is a national...

Tropical storm Gustav has hit Jamaica, where emergency measures have hurriedly been introduced after initial forecasts said the storm would miss the island....

A British court has found a Pakistani-born man guilty of child cruelty after he forced two teenaged boys to flog themselves with a bladed whip during...

Three white supremacists with a sniper rifle and high on drugs who were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver will not face charges even though officials believe that they wanted to assassinate Barack Obama....

Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying....

The G7, the seven most industrialised nations, have issued a stinging condemnation of the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia....

St Stanislaus College, in Bathurst, New South Wales, is under fire over child-sex allegations, following which the police sex crimes squad has been called in to investigate the claims involving a former college boarder subjected to alleged late-night sex...

Investigations began Thursday into the mid-air collision in which Indian trainee pilot Akash Ananth died after the wing of his Cessna 150 was clipped by another plane and he crashed in the populated Cheltenham suburb of...

The ballistic missile threat to IDF bases in the Central region and South is not as grave as once thought and the bases would not need to be evacuated in the event of a war in the North, according to...

DENVER — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, are launching their general election campaign this weekend with a bus tour of Midwestern battleground...

He came on to the strains of "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow," the anthem of his victorious campaigns of 1992 and 1996. But when the delirious applause that greeted him finally subsided, Bill...

Music fans are making their way to Argyll for this year's Connect festival which gets under way on Friday. Scots rockers Franz Ferdinand, Paolo Nutini and Amy Macdonald are among dozens of acts...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan : Russia suffered a significant setback here on Thursday, as members of a regional security group in which the Kremlin plays an important role offered little support for...

There are 128 men who compete in singles at the United States Open, but there are also a couple of dozen others whose job it is to play against the women. They are full-time professional practice...

A SECURITY flaw in Apple's iPhone allows unauthorised users to gain easy access to private contacts and emails even when the device is locked, but the company said a fix is on the...

Lancashire Constabulary says 22-year-old Ishaq Kanmi has been charged with soliciting murder, belonging to al-Qaeda and distributing terrorist publications. The police also said Thursday that...

A Serbian prosecutor said yesterday that he expects the quick arrest of top war-crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic, but predicted the military commander is not hiding in disguise like Radovan...

The 39-year-old mother of two said that as part of her recovery she has been visiting family, friends and staff. She said she was appreciative of the strong support she has received from her parents...

PITTSBURGH - A suburban Pittsburgh woman has sued a town that refused to allow her to open a pole-dancing studio on the grounds it was a sexually oriented business. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday...

FAIRFAX Media will use strike-breakers to publish its flagship newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review in a high-stakes battle with staff after journalists...

NEW YORK - Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history Thursday, stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the U.S....

Central buildings in Prague's Jewish quarter. Photo: Courtesy Yet, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Mine started unraveling on Tisha Be'av. For years, we've been...

(ASX: SGM) said full-year net profit rose 81 per cent to $433.2 million. The profit compares with $239.4 million made last year and analysts’ consensus for $364 million. Earlier this month,...

MOSCOW : As Russia struggled to rally international support for its military action in Georgia, Vladimir Putin, the country's paramount leader, lashed out at the United States on Thursday,...

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being asked for a second time on Friday to enter a plea at a U.N. tribunal for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity...

DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama, about to take a historic step as the Democratic presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to reverse the economic failures of the last eight years, end the war in...

A new public artwork based on an iconic photograph by Italian-born Scottish photographer Oscar Marzaroli will be unveiled in Glasgow on Friday. "Gorbals Boys", by Liz Peden, comprises three...

If Wednesday night is anything to go by, the biggest asset Joe Biden brings to the Obama ticket may not actually be his much-vaunted breadth of experience. It may be his humanity. Whether you...

DENVER : Senator Barack Obama portrayed himself as a candidate able to repair damage from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed presidency of George W. Bush" as he prepared tonight to...

HEAVY rain flooded hundreds of homes in central Japan today, leaving one elderly woman dead and prompting evacuation orders for more than half a million households, domestic media...

UEFA general secretary David Taylor has warned that forming a Great Britain football side for the Olympics could see Scotland "disappear off the international stage". Calls are growing for the home...

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 8 people, security officials said. The bombing...

BARACK Obama will today tell Americans their country faces a "defining moment" at home and vow to keep them safe from foreign threats in a dazzling finale to the Democratic...

Teachers in Montgomery County's Souderton Area school district voted late today to strike on Tuesday if there's no contract agreement. Representatives of the 512-member Souderton Area Education...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby,...

Defense attorneys filed 95 letters in court Wednesday as part of a bid to get Jack Abramoff out of prison early. In prison, Abramoff has focused on studying Judaism and helping fellow inmates,...

The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has accused relatives of the Lockerbie victims of being "very greedy" over compensation claims. Saif al Islam al Gaddafi, seen by many observers as being...

More than 4,000 delegates gathered in Denver to nominate Barack Obama Some are veterans of the process, many others are brand-new delegates Each state party has different criteria for selecting...

(ASX: CNP). The loss reflected falling values of US and Australian retail property and Centro investments in joint ventures that had soured, it said. Centro's full-year revenue and income rose 94 per...

Celtic have a "good chance" of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League, according to the club's chief executive Peter Lawwell, after they were drawn against Manchester United,...

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested the United States pushed Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the American presidential campaign.Russian news agencies...

(AP) A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot fall...

The Sea of Galilee, crucial to the local fishermen, has been used to irrigate Israel's countryside and brought blooms to the desert, but critics say the pumping should be...

International experts yesterday reported "significant progress" by the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) in driving forward its fingerprint services. The Fingerprint Action Plan for...

DENVER, Colorado: Barack Obama was on Thursday to summon America to join his crusade for change, as the Democratic convention climaxes in a historic echo of Martin Luther King's" "I have a dream"...