Rioting and fires swept Bangkok on Wednesday after troops stormed a protest encampment, forcing protest leaders to surrender, but sparking clashes that killed at least six people and triggered unrest

Anti-government rioters run through clouds of smoke at a shopping centre in Bangkok on Wednesday.

One runs her own company, another is a housewife and a third, a divorcee, raises her children by herself.

Angry American voters soundly rejected establishment candidates in two state primary elections, reflecting the ever-deepening partisan chasm in US politics.

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by the Associated Press that he is “toxic” to the Obama administration and that the President “threw

Austrian authorities have indicted six Indian men in connection with last year’s shooting at a gurdwara in Vienna.

Mark Webber is determined to show that his position as No. 1 in the Formula One standings after winning the Monaco Grand Prix is no fluke.
Webber led Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull 1-2 finish at the famous street race on Sunday, becoming the first Australian to win back-to-back races in 20 years after having captured the Spanish GP on May 9.

The Thai government said it would accept a ceasefire offer from a Red Shirt protest leader on Monday if their fighters return to their camp in central Bangkok, as street battles that have killed 37 pe

Thailand’s government insisted on Sunday a crackdown on Red Shirt protesters will continue despite their plea for UN-mediated talks to end four days of street clashes with troops that have killed 30 p

The insurgent group that commands Al Qaeda in Iraq named a new leader to replace their top militant, who was killed in a joint US-Iraqi raid in April near Saddam Hussein’s hometown Tikrit.