WASHINGTON - The United States fears there could be bloodshed in the dispute between Russia and ex-Soviet Georgia, a State Department official said on Thursday, as he urged Moscow to stop intimidating its southern neighbor.
BEIRUT - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military communications network.
LONDON - The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".
LONDON - This morning businessman Stuart Wheeler was granted a judicial review of the Government's decision to break its promise of a referendum on the EU Constitution. Reflecting on the Government's claim that the Lisbon Treaty is completely different to the rejected EU Constitution.
BRUSSELS - Leading European politicians are quietly lobbying for the top jobs in the new structures which the EU intends to create by means of the Lisbon treaty.
DUBLIN - Campaigners against the Lisbon treaty are focussing their attention on the Republic of Ireland, the only country in the European Union which is having a referendum on it.
LONDON - Abortion by pill from nurses at doctors surgeries comes a step closer, sparking fears of 'emotional scarring' to young girls
TOKYO, Japan - A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking up people 100 miles away in Tokyo.
LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIA - A coyote grabbed a 2-year-old girl by the head and tried to drag her from the front yard of her mountain home in the third incident of a coyote threatening a small child in Southern California in five days, authorities said.
USA - A group of mostly centrist U.S. evangelicals released a lengthy manifesto on Wednesday which called for the movement to pull back from explicit partisan political activity, saying faith was being used to express "political points that have lost touch with biblical truth."
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable, air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km (220 miles) on Thursday, the military said, a day after India tested a long-range missile.
DHARAMSALA, INDIA - An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues.
JERUSALEM - Celebrations are under way across Israel to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish State.
MOUNT EVEREST - Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest mountain.
BRUSSELS - The EU's monetary affairs commissioner has called for far-reaching new powers for the European Commission.