"The immediate reaction from other journalists was to say it seemed like insanity," science editor James Randerson told AFP in the Guardian's cavernous newsroom.
"Competitors are going to see what...
DUBAI, Taieb Mahjoub- Investigators have broken up a a cell that was planning attacks in Sunni-dominated Bahrain, where tensions persist following unrest and Shiite-led protests earlier this year,...
Final results will be announced early 2012, said the Swiss foundation, warning there may yet be changes between the provisional winners and the final list.
Sites that have failed to make the cut...
LEIDSCHENDAM, Jan Hennop- The defence chief of a special UN-backed court probing the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri asked judges Friday to lift arrest warrants against four...
BEIJING- A production of "Richard III" starring Kevin Spacey opens in Beijing on Friday, the first time a major Western theatre company has staged a work by Shakespeare in China's capital.
The...
SANAA, Jamal al-Jabiri- The UN envoy to Yemen returned to the capital Sanaa on Thursday to revive efforts aimed at resolving the country's political turmoil, as security forces killed one man and...
LONDON- Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday Britain would abstain from a vote in the UN Security Council on Palestinian membership of the United Nations.
"In common with France and in...
ROME- Outgoing Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday he lacked power and compared himself to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who was reduced to making "suggestions" rather than ruling....
MINA, Mohammed Hawari- Nearly three million Muslim pilgrims were performing the final rituals of the hajj on Tuesday as the world's largest annual gathering neared its close without major incident....
TUNIS- A Tunis appeals court on Tuesday approved a request by the new Libyan authorities for the extradition of their former prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, the court's clerk said.
The court...
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