Russian submarine accident kills 20
At least 20 people are suffocated by gas when a fire fighting system malfunctions on a Russian nuclear submarine, officials say.
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At least 20 people are suffocated by gas when a fire fighting system malfunctions on a Russian nuclear submarine, officials say.
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Southern African leaders appeal for an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis and a ceasefire in DR Congo, at a regional summit.
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Marking 70 years since the Kristallnacht anti-Semitic riots, Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Germans to act against racism.
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Pakistan investigates the alleged illegal transfer of foreign currency abroad and arrests two directors of one large firm.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators says it will hold a major conference next spring in Moscow, after no sign of a peace deal this year.
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Police in Indonesia are on high alert as supporters attend burials of three men executed for the 2002 Bali bombings.
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The head of the UK armed forces and the foreign secretary both caution against seeing an Afghan troop surge as a “panacea”.
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A Canadian CBC TV journalist is freed in Afghanistan four weeks after being kidnapped in the capital, Kabul.
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Israeli police have to restore order at one of Christianity’s holiest sites after a brawl breaks out between monks in Jerusalem.
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One of Osama Bin Laden’s sons arrives in Qatar after being deported from Egypt and Spain following failed asylum bids.
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