Thai troops fired bullets at anti-government protesters, and explosions thundered in the heart of Bangkok on Friday as an Army push to clear the streets and end a two-month political standoff sparked

An offshore natural-gas rig sank off Venezuela on Thursday, and 95 workers were rescued safely, the government said.

Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of Tournee at the 63rd International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on Thursday. PHOTO: AP

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Conservative Party co-chairman and newly-appointed minister without portfolio, poses for photographers following the first Cabinet meeting at British Prime Minister David Camer

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday dismissed the threat of new international sanctions, saying any UN resolution punishing Iran for its refusal to stop uranium enrichment “won’t be worth a cen

Airport officials in Cairo say the police have detained an American-Egyptian man who arrived on a flight from New York with several weapons in his luggage.

North Korea claimed on Wednesday that its scientists succeeded in creating a nuclear fusion reaction, but experts doubted the isolated communist country actually had made the breakthrough in the elusi

The Thai government turned to siege tactics on Wednesday after fruitless efforts to compromise with protesters barricaded in central Bangkok, announcing that the Army would limit supplies of water, fo

Rescue teams search the site of the Libyan Afriqiyah Airways plane crash in Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday. The plane, with 104 on board, crashed on approach to Tripoli’s airport.

Ronaldinho, Adriano left out of Brazil World Cup squad
Sao Paulo, May 11: Ronaldinho, Adriano and Neymar have been left out of Brazil’s preliminary World Cup squad. Coach Dunga announced 23 players and will later on Tuesday include seven more to complete the squad.