For many travellers who cross several time zones, the exhilaration of taking in sights like the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids of Egypt is quickly tempered by the grogginess of jet lag.

A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside a small Nato military base in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, the police said.

George W. Bush said on Tuesday that his upcoming book begins with an anecdote about his wife persuading him to give up drinking by pushing him to decide whether he preferred booze to fatherhood.

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group warned on Tuesday that his fighters would attack Israeli ships in the Mediterranean if the Jewish state imposes a sea blockade on Lebanon in any future war.

Iran President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad on Wednesday urged US President Barack Obama to accept a nuclear fuel swap deal, warning the US leader will miss a historic opportunity for improved cooperation from

Alien fish species and nylon nets have forced the extinction of a water bird in Madagascar, a conservation group said.

A Thai court ordered an arrest warrant on Tuesday for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges, accusing the fugitive leader of a role in fomenting two months of unrest in Bangkok

Actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz arrive for the awards ceremony at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

Opposition leaders moved to censure Thailand’s Prime Minister on Monday for his handling of rioting and violence in Bangkok that left at least 85 people dead in clashes between demonstrators and troop

Hugo Chavez has a new pet peeve: speeding drivers who he says are creating mayhem on Venezuela’s highways.