MISRATA, Andrew Beatty- In the coastal sand dunes above the Libyan city of Misrata the bodies of three men are being prepared for Islamic burial. Laid out under a simple shelter their...

LONDON, Sam Reeves- Police in London flooded the streets on Friday to prevent a repeat of England's worst riots in decades which left city neighbourhoods smouldering and five people dead. The...

TUARGA, Andrew Beatty- Libyan rebels from the besieged city of Misrata attacked the nearby town of Tuarga on Thursday in an effort to end the barrage of missiles that hits their home town almost...

RABAT- All political parties in Morocco must agree on the procedures for upcoming legislative elections before a vote date can be set, Communications Minister Khalid Naciri said Thursday. King...

JERUSALEM- A leading US Democrat on Wednesday said that Congress was united in its opposition to a Palestinian bid for UN membership and called for a speedy resumption of peace talks with Israel....

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- Three US cancer patients were brought back from the brink by a new therapy that turned their own immune cells into tumor killers, wiping out an advanced form of leukemia,...

PARIS- Palaeontologists said on Wednesday they had found the fossilised remains of a giant bird that lived in Central Asia more than 65 million years ago, a finding which challenges theories about...

LONDON, Guy Jackson- The worst riots in Britain for decades spread to new cities on a fourth night Tuesday as youths ran amok in Manchester and the industrial Midlands, after 16,000 police took to...

LONDON, James Pheby- Violence escalated across London on Tuesday with riot police fighting thousands of youths torching properties and looting shops as Prime Minister David Cameron headed back from...