Bushfires raged across Australia's most populous state, fanned by intense heat and high winds in "catastrophic" conditions which have forced hasty... Read More
US President Barack Obama has named Chuck Hagel to be his next defence secretary and counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the CIA, but the nominations... Read More
Iran threw its weight behind a plan outlined by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end the civil war in his country, reiterating Tehran's solid support... Read More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told West Bank officials to prepare to put the words "State of Palestine" on public documents.
Until now... Read More
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has delivered a rare TV address, denouncing his opponents as "enemies of God and puppets of the West".
He lamented... Read More
The Honduran ambassador to Colombia has been sacked after a wild Christmas party at the embassy in Bogota.
Ambassador Carlos Rodriguez has been told to... Read More
US troops began arriving in Turkey on Friday to man Patriot missile batteries against threats from neighbouring Syria, where the 21-month conflict between... Read More
The United States criticized a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, calling it ill-timed in the wake of Pyongyang's widely condemned... Read More
Furious combat raged around the main airport and a military airbase in northern Syria yesterday, a day after the United Nations gave a staggering toll... Read More
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar vowed in an interview published on Wednesday to kill as many Western soldiers as possible before NATO combat forces... Read More
More than 60 thousand people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, the UN said as dozens more died or were injured when a service station near... Read More
US President Barack Obama has hailed a deal reached to avert a "fiscal cliff" of huge tax rises and spending cuts.
After the House of Representatives... Read More
Syrians woke up to air strikes near Damascus on New Year's Day and the closure of Aleppo airport after repeated rebel attacks, casting doubts on efforts... Read More
Ivory Coast's president declared 3 days of national mourning and promised a speedy investigation into the New Year's Day stampede that killed 60 people,... Read More
The North Korean leader has delivered a New Year's message on state TV, the first such broadcast for 19 years.
Kim Jong-un, in power since 2011,... Read More
Syria's government welcomed any initiative for talks to end bloodshed in the country, after UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said he had a peace plan... Read More
Celebrations are being held around the world to mark the new year, with the city of Auckland in New Zealand holding the first major event of 2013.
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