French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reshuffled his cabinet after a heavy defeat for his party in regional polls. Labour Minister Xavier Darcos has been replaced by Budget Minister Eric Woerth, whose
The UK will formally launch its new space agency on Tuesday. The nation has been alone among the major industrialised nations in not having an executive body to direct its activities beyond the Earth'
An Israeli has been killed by his own forces in a border incident in which three Palestinians illegally crossing the border from Gaza were seized. The Israeli army said the Palestinians were unarmed a
More than a third of British Airways flights at the UK's major airports have so far been cancelled on the third day of strike action by cabin crew. According to BA's website, 238 of the 691 flights du
Former US Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton have been visiting Haiti as part of their fund-raising efforts to aid the earthquake-stricken nation. They visited camps for some of the 1.3 million
A chairman has been appointed to an independent review into the science published by the research unit at the centre of the Climategate row. Lord Oxburgh is a former chairman of the House of Lords Sel
Wolfgang Wagner, former director of the Bayreuth Festival and the grandson of composer Richard Wagner, has died aged 90 in Germany. A statement on the festival's website said that Wagner died on Sunda
The European Union will put pressure on Iran to stop jamming satellite broadcasts from the BBC and other international channels. Iran has been blocking news channels broadcast into the country from a
Air pollution levels in Hong Kong have reached a record high, prompting government warnings to people to avoid going out. The Environmental Protection Department said some Air Pollution Index readings
A delegation from a powerful Afghan militant group has met officials for talks in Kabul, the government says. The team from the Hezb-e-Islami group of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar held talks with President Kar
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to call on Israel to make difficult but necessary choices if it wants a peace agreement with the Palestinians. Mrs Clinton will warn that the status quo is uns
Civil rights icon and veteran Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, said anti-health care bill protesters Saturday repeatedly yelled the N word at him as he left a heath care meeting and walked to the Capitol.
Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he is truly sorry for the abuse suffered by victims at the hands of Catholic priests in Ireland. The pope directly addressed the church abuse crisis that has rocked the
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Cuba on Saturday. The quake struck at 1:08 p.m. (2:08 p.m. ET) 22 kilometers (14 miles) below the surface and was centered 44 km (27 miles) south-southwest of Guantana
A new twist in the Air Force's 10-year effort to build an aerial refueling tanker may bring a bid from a Russian state-owned aerospace company for the $35 billion tanker contract, according to the com
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Germany is facing daily allegations of physical and sexual abuse, the head of its new sex-abuse task force says. It is like a tsunami, Elke Huemmeler told the Ass
Western Balkan leaders and EU delegates are meeting in Slovenia to attempt to present a common front in the region's path towards EU membership. But Serbian President Boris Tadic is boycotting the eve
A bomb has exploded outside the home of a Pakistani community leader in the Greek capital Athens - the second blast in the area in less than 24 hours. Police said there were no injuries, but some dama
A US judge says a proposed $657m (437m) deal for people who worked at New York's Ground Zero following the 9/11 terror attacks is too small. Some 10,000 rescue workers and police officers are suing Ne
At least 11 people have been injured by Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza's airport, Palestinian officials say. The Israeli military confirmed the missile strikes near Rafah, in southern Gaza, which