Singapore: A Qantas jetliner made an emergency landing on Thursday in Singapore with 459 people aboard, after one of its four engines shut down over western Indonesia and following witness reports of

The hotel manager whose efforts to save more than a thousand Tutsi refugees from genocide, portrayed in the movie 'Hotel Rwanda', may face charges over allegations that he sent money to opposition com

Mt Merapi, Indonesia: A volcanic eruption and a tsunami killed scores of people hundreds of miles (kilometers) apart in Indonesia — spasms from the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', which spawns disasters from

St. Marc: An outbreak of severe diarrhea in rural central Haiti has killed at least 135 people and sickened hundreds more who overwhelmed a crowded hospital on Thursday seeking treatment.

Health work

London: A nuclear-powered British submarine has run aground on Friday in an accident off the coast of Scotland.

Officials say the incident was not serious and no one was injured.

The vessel involve

In picture: CCTV handout shows Saudi Arabian Prince Saud, in white jacket, attacking servant, Bandar Abdulaziz, in a lift.

A British court sentenced a Saudi prince to at least 20 years in prison on W

Grozny, Russia: Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least 2 police officers and one parliamentary official, and injuring 17 others, au

Ramallah: The Palestinians are ready to end all historic claims against Israel once they establish their state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Pakistani police arrested a group of Islamist militants who were plotting to kill the prime minister and other top government officials, a top officer said Thursday.

The conspiracy against Prime Mini

Chile: To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early on Wednesday, 69 days after they were trapped in a