TEL AVIV, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli aircraft on Wednesday attacked the network of tunnels linking the Gaza Strip with Egypt as the bombing campaign in the Palestinian enclave eased, Israel's military said. The army press service said Palestinian

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Over 300 sailors are being kept hostage by Somali pirates, who have dealt a severe blow to busy shipping routes off the East African state, a Russian maritime news website said on Wednesday. The

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - A real estate agency director has been robbed of 1.4 million rubles ($47,650) in a traffic accident in central St. Petersburg, a police source in Russia's second largest city said on Wednesday. "Two persons

WARSAW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - The foreign minister of the Czech republic plans to pay a visit to the Gaza this Sunday amid the recently intensified conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants, Czech television reported on Wednesday. At least

An Indonesian court acquits a retired deputy intelligence chief of ordering the murder of a leading rights campaigner.

The winner of the first parliamentary elections in Bangladesh for seven years urges her defeated rival to accept the results.

A year of change ends, but what about the future?

A New Zealand passenger plane successfully completes a two-hour test flight partly powered by vegetable oil.

Hospital car parking charges are phased out in Scotland but there are no plans to scrap fees in England.

A concerted diplomatic drive is under way to try to end Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip and Hamas rocket attacks.

Examiners warn there is a "significant" risk that pupils could face a repeat of this summer's Sats test fiasco.

Israeli aircraft blew up smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border early Wednesday, Israeli media reported witnesses as saying, as the country's military continued its air operation against Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory for a fifth day.