The Chinese government will never accept the Dalai Lama's calls for high-level autonomy, an official leading talks between the two parties said today

Prime minister hails Obama victory as 'dawn of hope' and rejection of Bush unilateralism

The US has authorized its special forces to carry out more than a dozen raids in countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa over the last four years in its hunt for al-Qaida

Boy confessed to shooting his father and family friend with a .22 caliber rifle

The president of the Maldives wants to buy a new home for his people. But where could they go? Jon Henley explores the options

Singer collapses while leaving stage at protest concert against organized crime

The gloomy predicament facing General Motors got worse today as its shares plunged to a 62-year low following a Wall Street analyst's report which concluded that the company's stock was worthless

Israeli police have evicted a disabled Palestinian man and his wife from their home of 52 years in a Palestinian district of east Jerusalem surrounded by hardline Jewish settlers

Prime minister hails Barack Obama's ideals of democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope

Block that used to house the offices of the Gershwins, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter threatened with demolition

Ryanair plane makes emergency landing at Rome's Ciampino airport after birds sucked into engines

A Japanese woman who was allegedly abducted by North Korean agents more than 30 years ago is alive and could soon be allowed to meet her family

Children benefit from airline's Change for Good charity but what about climate change, say critics

Despite excruciating injuries which would soon kill him, captain demanded to be sent back into battle, inquest told

Former CIA official lifts lid on America's secret anti-terror operations under condition of anonymity

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 12 -- Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian, a passionate advocate of independence from China who has been imprisoned on suspicion of corruption, said Wednesday he would not appeal his detention, amid reports that he may be on

The Deputy General Manager of Integrated Logistics Services, INTELS, Ltd. Mr. Chuks Ihuoma has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Worried by the spate of armed robbery incidents in various parts of the state, Ekiti State House of Assembly yesterday invited the state Police Commissioner (CP), Mr. Chris Ola, to deliberate on stemming the tide.

Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Jacob Oshiomogho says four policemen found wanting have been dismissed within the last one month, just as he vowed that he would not cover up the five policemen arrested in connection with the killing of

Scores of angry youths of Okwu Amaeze, Obibiezena, Owerri North local government area of Imo State, have destroyed the Njibaa family home, in response to the gruesome murder of Sylvester Anaele by Reginald Njibaa.