US President George W Bush calls the leaders of Pakistan and India to try to ease tension in the wake of Mumbai.

Chinese researchers have unearthed what they believe is the largest collection of dinosaur bones ever found.

The trial begins in China of four milk firm executives at the centre of a contamination scandal that left six children dead.

A new raid by the Iranian authorities on an office of Nobel Peace Prize winner and lawyer Shirin Ebadi is widely condemned.

The UN Security Council discusses the crisis in the Gaza Strip, but fails to vote on a draft ceasefire resolution.

At least 59 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire in a nightclub in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, police say.