2010-08-12

It is surely the ultimate in natural beauty therapy. And you can do it in pairs, over a girly chat. Welcome to the wonderful world of the fish

Iranian state TV has broadcast what it claims is a confession by a woman whose sentence to death by stoning provoked an international outcry. In

They are hungry and homeless at the start of the most sacred month for Islam. But despite their suffering, millions of flood-hit Pakistanis are still

France will not open special clinics for drug addicts to feed their habit under controlled conditions, French Prime Minister François Fillon has

As the value of the Japanese yen hit a 15-year high against the US dollar, the country’s policymakers stepped up their rhetoric over the steep rise

Euro zone industrial production declined in June, falling sharply in France and Germany. Output in the 16 countries using the euro fell 0.1 percent

General Motors has announced its biggest quarterly profit in six years. It was in the black for the second consecutive quarter. Net earnings were

Greece’s economy shrank more than expected in the second quarter and unemployment climbed to 12 percent. The initial estimates from the Greek

The European Union is investigating whether US exporters have been shipping biodiesel to Europe via other countries to avoid high tariffs. The

Raging wildfires in Portugal have forced the authorities to evacuate a small mountain village in the north of the country. Reportedly about 100

The Russsian Oscar II class submarine the Kursk was on routine exercise when the tragedy struck. Faulty welding in a dummy torpedo caused its fuel

A suspected car bomb exploded in the north of the Colombian capital Bogota near the Caracol radio station, blowing out windows in nearby buildings

Pakistan’s President has paid his first visit to a flood zone, two weeks after torrential monsoon rains plunged the country into crisis. Asif Ali

A suspected car bomb has exploded in the Colombian capital Bogota, only days after new President Juan Manuel Santos took office. Six people were

About 800 colourful statuettes of Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg.

Ceremonies have been held across Russia to mark the 10th anniversary of one of the worst naval disasters in the country’s history. In Murmansk, a

The sight of smouldering peat bogs just 60 kilometres from Chernobyl has increased fears of a nuclear threat from wildfires in Eastern

Spacewalking astronauts successfully removing a broken coolant system in an effort to restore normal operations at the International Space Station.

Several villages are under threat from wildfires in Serra da Estrela, in northern Portugal.

Construction workers in the West Bank village of Silwad say they are determined to finish the tallest minaret ever built in the region by the end of

A car bomb has exploded in the north of the Colombian capital Bogota. The blast blew out windows in buildings and damaged vehicles. Police in

Deadly wildfires continue to ravage Portugal. Firefighters are still battling dozens of separate blazes in the north and centre of the country

The devastation caused by Pakistan’s floods will cost billions of euros, the UN has said. It has described the destruction to the country’s vital

With the motorway nearby, the situation in Akbar Pura is not as bad as it might have been. Help and supplies have been readily available in the

A massive fire breaks out at a plastic factory in eastern India’s West Bengal state, no causalities reported so far.

Four days after mudslides swamped the region, they are still finding survivors in the Gansu province of north-western China. The chance of finding

The World Championships in flying small model planes started in Belgrade on Wednesday (August 11) with contestants from Hungary, Romania, the

The Indian military and paramilitary forces erect a relief camp, provide food and medical aid, as locals begin to rebuild their lives in flood

104 skydivers on Wednesday tried to link together in formation in the sky over Poland, but failed at their attempt to beat the European record of a

A grenade attack during rush hour in the Rwandan capital of Kigali wounded at least seven people only hours after the official results of the