The death toll from a weekend bridge collapse on Borneo island climbed to 10 today with more than 30 people still reported missing, Indonesian rescue officials said.

"We found five more more bodies

The government of oil-rich Kuwait resigned today following a bitter dispute with opposition MPs, lawmaker Khaled al-Sultan said.

"The Kuwaiti cabinet has resigned and the resignation has been accept

Seif al-Islam's links to Britain came in for fresh scrutiny on Monday after his arrest, as analysts warned a trial might reveal more embarrassing details about his dealings with the British establishment.

Syria on Sunday brushed off the threat of a civil war and looming Arab League sanctions after a deadline for the regime to stop its lethal crackdown on protesters expired with 24 more people killed.

A man convicted of murdering a fellow Saudi was beheaded on Sunday in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia, raising to at least 68 the number of executions in the kingdom this year, the interior ministry ann

The UN atomic agency said today 'very low levels' of radioactive iodine-131 had been detected in the air in the Czech Republic and in other countries, but presented no risk to human health. The Czech

A Kurdish rebel who hijacked a Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard was killed today and all his hostages brought to safety after an ordeal of more than 12 hours, authorities said. "Soon after the begi

An Egyptian pipeline sending gas to Israel and Jordan was hit by two explosions early today, Egypt's security services and the official news agency said.

A first blast occurred around 1:00 am (0430

Adobe has announced that it is cutting 750 jobs, nearly eight percent of the workforce at the US software maker.

Adobe on Monday said it is eliminating the positions in North America and Europe as p

A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in waters off Okinawa island today, but there were no concerns about a tsunami, the US and Japanese agencies said.

The quake occurred in the East China Sea,