President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia has called for the maximum punishment for those found liable for the fire in a nightclub in the city of Perm, where 109 people died. He called it a criminal act. More than 100 other people were injured in the blaze...
The draw for next year's football World Cup in South Africa has taken place in Cape Town. The 32 countries that qualified for the finals now know who they will be playing. With the details, here is our sports news correspondent Alex Capstick. South A...
In Washington, top administration officials have been giving more details of President Obamas new Afghan strategy. The Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee the new approach which means sending 30,000 extra troops, d...
In Washington, President Obama has told a forum on job creation that only the private sector can solve the problem of American unemployment. He said the economy was growing faster than at any time of the last two years but one in ten Americans was st...
Within the next few hours, President Obama is due to announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan including a date for the beginning of the withdrawal of US troops. Officials say that his long-awaited address will include a plan to start pull...
President Obama has signed an executive order implementing his new strategy on Afghanistan. Mr. Obama has been briefing western allies as well as Russia and China on his plans which he will make public on Tuesday. Paul Adams reports from Washington....
The Iranian government has announced a huge expansion of its controversial nuclear program, setting out plans to build ten new uranium enrichment plants. The aim is to produce as much as 300 tons of nuclear fuel every year. The BBCs Jon Leyne says th...
The head of Russia's Domestic Intelligence Service the FSB says the derailment of an express train late on Friday was caused by a bomb. At least 26 people were killed and almost 100 injured. The train crashed in remote countryside midway between Mosc...
The Irish government has revealed how the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up for decades the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests. A government inquiry found that the abuse continued until 2004 and accused government officials of he...
The American golf star Tiger Woods has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for injuries sustained in a car crash outside his home in Florida. Paul Adams reports. The Florida Highway Patrol says Tiger Woods was injured as he pulled o...
