Beauty and intellect could be a powerful combination for Serbia in the upcoming Miss World pageant.

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Six Serb political parties have registered with the Central Election Commission (CEC) to run in the November 15th local election...

A family of nobles settled in Mostar following the fall of Herceg Novi to the Venetians in 1687. Though still owned by the heirs, their house is open to visitors.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Valentin Inzko urged officials in Mostar on Wednesday (July 8th) to speed up the mayora...

The New Brunswick government denies that it broke the rules when it gave $50 million in loan guarantees to a Miramichi-based construction company, but agrees that perhaps those rules should be reviewed.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday the "unsubstantiated" story that he put communion bread in his pocket during the funeral of former governor general Roméo LeBlanc last week, "is a low moment in journalism."

New Brunswick's new education minister has reversed a decision by his predecessor to cut almost 600 contract jobs for library assistants and student support staff across the province.

The company that owns a mill in Miramichi that's been closed for more than two years says it is in talks with a potential buyer.

The Bay of Fundy has made a short list for the international 7 Wonders of Nature contest. Officials announced the top 77 on the list Thursday.

THE proposed N19 billion Petroleum Training Institute, PTI, in Kaduna is a provocative waste. The Federal Government's silence to mounting opposition to its establishment is instructive, and may be an admission it is wrong. Silence remains inadequate reaction to this

A 25-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was on Monday jailed for six months by a Mussina magistrate in the Limpopo province of South Africa for smuggling a consignment of cigarettes worth R30 000 through Beitbridge Border Post.

THE Kimberly Process (KP) investigating team that visited Zimbabwe last week has produced a damning interim report implicating the government in human rights violations and looting of gems at Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland, The Financial Gazette can reveal.

A significant amount of Government money is diverted to personal use each year by corrupt senior public officials, President Jakaya Kikwete said yesterday.

WINDHOEK Central Prison is set to be the home of former Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck and Chinese national Yang Fan, who were arrested this week in connection with alleged corruption involving up to N$120 million, for at least the

Richard Hatch, who's serving home confinement for tax evasion, wants a leave to star in a 10th anniversary edition of the show in Samoa.

Former Oilers quarterback Steve McNair is receiving one of the biggest funerals in recent Mississippi history.

For the second time, Katherine Jackson and Deborah Rowe joined to seek a delay in a hearing over custody of the pop superstar's children.

NASA scrubbed the launch after 11 lightning strikes were reported near the pad. Technicians will need at a day to check critical systems.

Residents have enlisted the help of Erin Brockovich, who helped Hinkley, Calif., residents after their groundwater was found to be contaminated by the same chemical.

Officials say skeletal remains found in Inks Lake by recreational scuba divers were likely underwater for more than a year.