Brazil vows to deliver aid, defying Maduro
Brazil says it will send humanitarian aid to its border with Venezuela by the weekend, despite the protests of embattled President Nicolás Maduro
Polish prime minister withdraws from Israel visit
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will not attend a Jerusalem summit after Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Polish complicity during Holocaust
Portuguese government on verge of collapse and may need to seek EU bailout

Portugal's Socialist government is on the verge total collapse as its opposition vowed to reject cost-cutting measures aimed at averting an international...

Portugal's Socialist government is on the verge total...

US fighter jet crashes in Libya, crew eject

A United States airforce F-15 fighter jet crashed in Libya last night, the US...

A United States airforce F-15 fighter jet crashed in...

Work ongoing at Japanese reactor, power restoration and stabilisation efforts resume

Efforts have resumed at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to restore electrical power and cool overheating reactors, seriously...

Efforts have resumed at Japan's...

Wife of Guatemalan President Colom seeks divorce to run for presidential election

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife Sandra Torres have filed for divorce so she can stand for election to succeed him, in an attempt to...

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and his wife...

Former Israeli President jailed for rape

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of rape and other sexual offences against three female former...

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav has been jailed for...

Allies pound Gaddafi's military

Allied forces engaged in the enforcement of a UN mandated no-fly zone over Libya, last night carried out a series of aerial bombings around Tripoli, Benghazi...

Allied forces engaged in the enforcement of a UN mandated...

Qatar fighter jets make Cyprus emergency landing for fuel

UPDATED | Qatar fighter jets have made an emergency landing in Cyprus after...

UPDATED | Qatar fighter jets have made an emergency...

Strike on Gaza kills children, say doctors

Four Palestinian family members have died in Gaza, doctors say, in an...

Four Palestinian family members have died in Gaza,...

Saleh to go early offer fails to end Yemen crisis

President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to resign by January but the opposition...

President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered to resign by January...

Libya's rebel leader urges Malta to 'widen support and cooperation'

Leader of transitional council in Libya appreciates Malta’s stance on...

Leader of transitional council in Libya appreciates...

Japan nuclear progress amid fears of rain-driven contamination

The United Nations nuclear agency (IAEA) says there have been positive...

The United Nations nuclear agency (IAEA) says there have...

Airstrike hits Gaddafi compound

Allied airstrikes have pounded Libya for the second night last night, destroying a building a few yards away from Gaddafi’s private residence.

Allied airstrikes have pounded Libya for the second night...

Yemeni President fires cabinet

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday dismissed his Cabinet, but has asked the officials to stay on until a new Cabinet is appointed.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh yesterday dismissed...

Sgarbi, Italy’s chief provocateur, says Italy should choose non-belligerence like Malta

Given that Malta, like Italy, is one of the closest countries to Libya, and is not consenting to allowing its military bases used, “why...

Given that Malta, like Italy, is one of the...

Ireland chooses military neutrality on Security Council resolution

Irish president Mary McAleese says Ireland's “military...

Irish president Mary McAleese says Ireland's...

Gaddafi ‘not targeted’ by allied strikes

Allied forces carrying out air strikes in Libya say Colonel Muammar Gaddafi...

Allied forces carrying out air strikes in Libya say...

Where's the film? Hamas's violent crackdown on pro-unity Gaza youth and journalists

Our Gaza correspondent has witnessed the violent beatings by Hamas police of pro-unity Gazans protesting.

Our Gaza correspondent has witnessed the violent beatings...

UK, US and France pound Libya, Gaddafi vows retaliation

The United Kingdom, the United States and France have attacked...

The United Kingdom, the United States and France have...