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Choose a page number: 1 News and Media RSS FeedsUS and Israel 'in unison' on Iran - The US is working closely with Israel to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, President Barack Obama says....Feed Source: www.bbc.co.uk Egypt 'to try foreign NGO staff' - Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.... China issues EU carbon tax 'ban' - China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.... Bailout talks to resume in Greece - Party leaders in Greece's governing coalition are to resume crisis talks on backing a 130bn-euro rescue plan needed to avoid a debt default.... JFK mistress reveals new details - Mimi Alford, a former mistress of President John F Kennedy, reveal new details of their relationship in a book, according to US media reports.... US anger at Syria veto 'travesty' - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.... Brazil crime up as police strike - Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the crime rate to soar.... Panama's Gen Noriega in hospital - Panama's jailed ex-leader Manuel Noriega is moved from his prison cell to hospital, suffering hypertension, and having possibly had a stroke.... Europe cold snap death toll rises - The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.... Conservative wins poll in Finland - Finland elects its first conservative head of state in decades, the pro-European Sauli Niinisto, after a run-off vote.... Queen commemorates 60-year reign - The Queen is marking 60 years as monarch of the UK and Commonwealth and says she is dedicating herself "anew to your service".... Depardieu to star as Strauss-Kahn - Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.... VIDEO: Big freeze continues across Europe - Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week.... VIDEO: BBC team smuggled into Homs - Syrian government forces have bombarded the city of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, killing at least 55 people, according to opposition groups.... VIDEO: Fidel Castro launches memoirs - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.... VIDEO: One-minute World News - Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day.... VIDEO: Thousands abandon homes in Australia - In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.... VIDEO: Tourists staying away from Egypt - Twelve months on from the revolution in Egypt, the country's tourism industry is continuing to struggle.... VIDEO: Rival rallies on streets of Moscow - Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power.... VIDEO: Flowers and thanks for the Queen - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have attended a church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of her accession to the throne.... Nations Cup Day 16 as it happened - All the action from the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.... Obama urges 'keep recovery going' - Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the recovery going as new data shows unemployment down to its lowest rate in three years.... New Virgin staff pay for checks - Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals.... Apple overturns Motorola's ban - Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.... FBI probes Anonymous phone hack - The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.... Acting veteran Ben Gazzara dies - US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.... Gibb says he feels 'fantastic' - Bee Gees star Robin Gibb says he is making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer and that he is feeling "fantastic".... PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy - More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines.... Prince optimistic for fisheries - Prince Charles says there is a reason to be optimistic about the state of the world's oceans, but it is "critically urgent" to tackle overfishing.... Diabetes 'ups birth defect risk' - The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.... Campaign to cut smoking in cars - A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when children are present, and which could pave the way for a ban, is launched by the Welsh government.... Capello opposes FA Terry decision - Fabio Capello says he disagrees with the decision to remove John Terry as England captain.... Chelsea 3-3 Man Utd - Manchester United climb off the canvas to snatch a point after being 3-0 down at Chelsea.... Artist set for Facebook windfall - A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.... Monkeys fed wine 'to fight flu' - A zoo in Kazakhstan, where overnight temperatures have dipped to nearly -40C, is giving monkeys a wine concoction as a remedy against flu.... Militants 'hit Nigeria pipeline' - Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first such attack since 2010.... Three Tibetans 'in fire protest' - Three Tibetans set fire to themselves in south-west China in an anti-Beijing protest, reports say, meaning 19 people have now self-immolated in a year.... Thousands in rival Moscow marches - Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia's capital.... Prince's Falklands duty 'routine' - Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.... BBC accuses Iran of intimidation - The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.... Mitt Romney wins Nevada caucuses - Front-runner Mitt Romney declares victory in the Republican caucuses in Nevada, as he seeks to win his party's presidential nomination.... Ice alert on roads as snow eases - Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its flights.... Police officer slashed with knife - A police officer is stabbed while responding to an emergency call in the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan.... Government to oppose rail bonuses - Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting.... Two brothers charged with murder - Two brothers are charged with murder after a body was found at a house in Rochdale.... Week in pictures: 28 January-3 February - News photos from around the world: 28 January-3 February... The Queen: 60 photographs for 60 years - Sixty photographs for 60 years on the throne... In pictures: Venice in Solitude - Haunting views of Venice's waterways... Where the Titanic was born - Drawing offices where Titanic was designed... Day in pictures: 3 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 3 February 2012... Day in pictures: 2 February 2012 - 24 hours of news photos: 2 February 2012... Your pictures: Hunger - Readers pictures on the theme of hunger... In pictures: Egypt football clash - Many die in clashes after match between rivals... India's love affair with Charles Dickens - India's love affair with Charles Dickens... VIDEO: The art of boxing - The champion female fighter on the art of winning... Avoiding Syria's secret police - The Syrian activists daring to evade the secret police... Tales of woe from the roaming professionals - When working in a new country can prove unlucky... In pictures: Deep sea discoveries - Scientists find two species of colourful worms... VIDEO: Churchill and protege reunited - Famous Moroccan artist owes his career to Churchill... Slow steps towards restoring Italy-Libya ties - Libya and Italy keen to repair ties damaged by Arab Spring... U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces? role in Afghanistan -
The U.S. military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on training Afghan forces and raids to kill senior insurgent leaders, senior U.S. officials said.
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... Obama may pick Lute for European command -
The Obama administration is considering nominating retired Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the next commander of U.S. European Command, a move that could stir controversy among some senior military officials who have clashed with Lute over war policy.
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... In birthplace of Syria?s uprising, a fragile military control -
DARAA, Syria ? Nearly 11 months ago, protests against local authorities began in this small southern town and spread to become an uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad that engulfed Syria.
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... Expats lured by Brazil?s booming economy -
SAO PAULO, Brazil ? It just made sense to be in South America?s economic heart, Jonathan Rosenthal reasoned, no matter that he had been working on Wall Street with some of the investment world?s most heady firms.
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... Egypt to prosecute Americans, including Sam LaHood, in NGO probe -
CAIRO ? Nineteen Americans will face criminal charges as part of a probe of the funding of pro-democracy groups, Egyptian officials announced Sunday, a provocative move that could deprive Egypt of crucial aid from the United States and upend one of Washington?s most important bilateral relationships.
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... Car bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, kills seven outside police headquarters -
KABUL ? At least five Afghan police officers and two civilians were killed Sunday when a car bomb was detonated outside the main police headquarters in Kandahar, officials said.
An additional 19 people, six of them police officers, were wounded in the blast, provincial officials said. Children also were among the victims.
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... In Afghanistan, a new approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars -
KABUL ? In a country where the recent past has unfolded like a war epic, officials think they have found a way to teach Afghan history without widening the fractures between long-quarreling ethnic and political groups: leave out the past four decades.
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... Russia, China veto U.N. resolution on Syria -
UNITED NATIONS ? Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning Syria?s violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, effectively quashing efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad?s government as it intensifies a nearly year-long crackdown.
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... Petraeus, with plenty of practice, sticks to message -
In his first extended public appearance as CIA director, David H. Petraeus this week did more than display his well-known discipline for staying on message. He did his best to bring other government voices back on message as well.
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... Hackers release call between FBI, Scotland Yard -
As the FBI and Scotland Yard conducted a conference call last month on their investigation of an international group of hackers, the discussions were being secretly monitored -- by the hackers themselves.
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... Feinstein offers peek at U.S.-Israeli talks on Iran -
Open intelligence hearings on Capitol Hill are never completely open. Lawmakers and witnesses try to stick to what?s safe to say in public, without disclosing details on espionage operations or what?s happening behind the scenes in Washington.
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... Army officer who sparked controversy with remarks on Islam pulls out of West Point address -
A retired U.S. Army general with a history of making inflammatory remarks about Islam has canceled his plans to be the featured guest at an event at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the academy said.
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... Malaria kills twice as many people as we thought ? are data-gathering and taxes to blame? -
A study released Friday has shaken up much of what we thought we knew about malaria.
The number of people who die annually of the tropical disease is roughly double the current estimate, according to the report, published in the science journal Lancet. Additionally, many of malaria?s victims are now believed to be adults, overturning the previous belief that adults almost never die of the disease.
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... Anonymous says it will leak giant cache of Iraq war e-mails -
Anonymous has struck ? and struck again.
Early Friday, the FBI said that hackers from the well-known collective had intercepted and released a confidential conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard.
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... Iran says it may ban Samsung for commercial depicting attack on nuclear plant -
As Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered an impassioned anti-Israel speech Friday, a smaller fight played out between the two countries over a tablet commercial.
In the teaser, a bored agent for Mossad, Israel?s national intelligence agency, is shown watching TV on his Samsung tablet while in Isfahan, south of Tehran. After the agent begins conversing about the features of the tablet with several Iranian ?women? (actually men f... Photo of the day: What in the world? -
Following our Friday tradition, we give you this photo. It should not be too hard to guess where it is from.
You can tweet your responses to @PostWorldNews with a hashtag #whatintheworld.
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... Gunmen kidnap two American tourists in Egypt?s Sinai peninsula -
Update, 11:51 p.m.: The two American tourists have been released The women were not immediatebly identified, but Egyptian officials said they were age 60 and 65.
Two female tourists and their Egyptian tour guide Friday were intercepted by gunmen and kidnapped in the southern part of the Sinai peninsula, The Post?s Ernesto Londono reports.
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... Their vigor unflagging, Russians protest -
MOSCOW ? Tens of thousands of Russians embraced the numbing cold and marched to a frozen riverbank near the Kremlin on Saturday, demonstrating their determination to keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin for fair elections and honest government.
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... Privacy concerns grow in India -
NEW DELHI ? The Indian government?s recent announcement that it taps nearly 300 new phones every day has sparked a debate about privacy in a country that traditionally views such concerns as an ugly offshoot of Western individualism.
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... Panetta, Clinton seek to reassure Europe on security ties -
MUNICH ? In a rare joint appearance overseas, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure European allies that the United States will not diminish its security relationship with the continent, even as it withdraws troops and places a higher priority on Asia.
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