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        The UN sustainable development summit in Brazil has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a few ...

      Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's key coalition partner has urged him to step aside ahead of a crucial budget vote.  ...

Media control has been one of the key factors that have allowed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to dominate Russia's political landscape...

Sudanese forces have captured the key rebel stronghold of Kurmuk in the border state of Blue Nile, government and rebel sources said. Suda...

The Irish Republic has decided to close its embassies to the Vatican and two other nations on cost-saving grounds.        It said the closur...

Venezuelan officials are trying to negotiate the release of two police officers taken hostage during a prison riot in the western state of...

Qantas has confirmed its flight from Singapore to London has landed safely in Dubai after an engine was shut down.     The flight was QF31 a...

This video, released on Wednesday before the deal was announced, is said to have been shot in Homs    Tanks mounted with m...

The G20 leaders are set to continue their talks on Friday as they seek to find a sustainable solution to the eurozone debt crisis.       T...

A total of 176 Honduran police officers have been arrested in a purge against corruption and organised crime, the authorities there say.  ...

       The project was intended to find out how the human mind and body would cope on a      long-duration spaceflight Six men locked away...

Dozens of miners have been trapped in a coal mine in China after a "rock burst", officials say.      Four miners were killed and 5...

Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, is standing trial over the singer's death. He is charged with invol...

Prosecutors ended their case by saying Dr Conrad Murray's care of Jackson had been "bizarre", while the defence said the sing...

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou isfacing calls to resign , amid uncertainty about a eurozone bailout deal. Senior members of his own...

The Group of 20 leaders have agreed to increase the firepower of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It means the Fund will be more able...

Last week's European summit was supposed to be the game-changer, but the real change in the game might have happened on Wednesday night...

Markets are behaving in a way that I find even more baffling than usual.           Naturally I can understand why investors may be taking co...

ATHENS - The last 24 hours have seen all manner of political gyrations here. If one had to sum up what it has all meant, it is that the go...

Greece's centre-right opposition has demanded Prime Minister George Papandreou resign, throwing into disarray plans for a unity govern...

Amy Winehouse's death was the result of the singer drinking too much alcohol, a coroner has said. A verdict of misadventure was recorded...