The head of Iraq’s Kurdish regional government Massoud Barzani has refused to meet with the US Secretary of State Condeleza Rice.
The United Nations is investigating allegations of corrupt contracts linked to its peacekeeping missions.
An express train crowded with holiday travellers has derailed in Southern Pakistan.
A United States prosecutor has claimed that three covert Venezuelan agents offered $2 million to hush an alleged attempt to pump $800,000 from Venezuela into the Argentinean presidential campaign.
Jacob Zuma has defeated South Africa’s President Thabo Mkebi, winning the leadership of the ruling ANC.
The government of Zimbabwe will be amending its tough security and media laws in response to opposition demands.
The newly appointed Prime Minister of Somalia, Nur Hassan Hussein has announced his plans to dissolve the cabinet.
Iraqi oil production is now above the levels seen before the US-led invasion of the country in 2003.
Fabio Capello has been confirmed as the new England manager after the details of his contract were finalised with the Football Association today.
Lawmakers in the US state of New Jersey have approved a bill abolishing the death penalty.
Nineteen persons were killed after a bus collided with a train in Northern India this morning.
