More than a third of British Airways flights at the UK's major airports have so far been cancelled on the third day of strike action by cabin crew. According to BA's website, 238 of the 691 flights due to take off or land at 11 major UK ai
Former US Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton have been visiting Haiti as part of their fund-raising efforts to aid the earthquake-stricken nation. They visited camps for some of the 1.3 million homeless survivors and met President R
A chairman has been appointed to an independent review into the science published by the research unit at the centre of the Climategate row. Lord Oxburgh is a former chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology
Wolfgang Wagner, former director of the Bayreuth Festival and the grandson of composer Richard Wagner, has died aged 90 in Germany. A statement on the festival's website said that Wagner died on Sunday, but did not give further details. Wo
The European Union will put pressure on Iran to stop jamming satellite broadcasts from the BBC and other international channels. Iran has been blocking news channels broadcast into the country from a French satellite following widespread a
Air pollution levels in Hong Kong have reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out. The Environmental Protection Department said some Air Pollution Index readings were more than double the level at whi
A delegation from a powerful Afghan militant group has met officials for talks in Kabul, the government says. The team from the Hezb-e-Islami group of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar held talks with President Karzai, his spokesmen said. It is the firs
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make difficult but necessary choices if it wants a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Mrs Clinton will warn that the status quo is unsustainable in a speech to the pro-Israe
Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the N word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol. I haven't seen heard anything like this
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is truly sorry for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland. The pope directly addressed the church abuse crisis that has rocked the Irish Catholic Church in an 18-page le
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday. The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantanamo, the U.S. Geological Survey said. So
A new twist in the Air Force's 10-year effort to build an aerial refueling tanker may bring a bid from a Russian state-owned aerospace company for the $35 billion tanker contract, according to the company's U.S. attorney. The company, Unit
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Germany is facing daily allegations of physical and sexual abuse, the head of its new sex-abuse task force says. It is like a tsunami, Elke Huemmeler told the Associated Press news agency. She said abo
Western Balkan leaders and EU delegates are meeting in Slovenia to attempt to present a common front in the region's path towards EU membership. But Serbian President Boris Tadic is boycotting the event because of the presence of Kosovo's