Fidel Castro's resignation has ended almost 50 years as president and commander in chief of Cuba. Castro took power in a 1959 revolution, and was the world's third longest-serving head of state
The multi-million pound Fairtrade industry has been accused of failing to help the world's most impoverished farmers as Britain's second biggest sugar firm announced plans to convert its entire range to the scheme.
A couple who were advised to abort their baby when doctors said he had a rare brain disorder have spoken of their joy after their "miracle son" was born in perfect health.
Tax inspectors have been given wideranging new powers to bug people's homes and private phone calls. They also have the go-ahead to intercept emails and plant listening devices in suspects' cars and offices.
Senior police officers are increasing pressure for all British citizens to be put on a DNA database. Their call for a national debate on whether everyone should be forced to give DNA samples to the authorities follows last week's convictions of two killers identified using "genetic fingerprints."
Drought. War. Poverty. These are leading causes of hunger, according to the United Nations. Soon we may add another - Ethanol.
It is often the case when people are sinking deeper into sin and reaping the consequences of it - that they will strike out at God - and even his representatives - instead of coming to their senses and changing their ways.
An undercover survey of more than 100 mosques and Islamic schools in America has exposed widespread radicalism, including the alarming finding that 3 in 4 Islamic centers are hotbeds of anti-Western extremism, WND has learned.
PRISTINA, - The European Union's Kosovo envoy, Peter Feith, appealed to Serbs on Saturday to cooperate with his mission in the new republic, and confirmed that the EU mission had moved its staff from the tense Serb-dominated north.
Hagatna, Guam - A B-2 stealth bomber plunged to the ground shortly after taking off from an air base in Guam on Saturday, the first time one crashed, but both pilots ejected safely, Air Force officials said.
The building of a village bypass in Leicestershire could cost £1.7m more than expected after a colony of protected newts was found.
Rachel Ehrenfeld, Director of the American Centre for Democracy, said at the Jerusalem Conference Tuesday that Saudi Arabian bankers are the main financiers of global terrorism.
The revelation that MEPs are trying to cover up a massive expenses fraud perpetrated by fellow MEPs receives wide coverage.
The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war.
Jails were declared absolutely full last night for the first time in history. Even court and police cells were packed as the number of prisoners rose to 82,068 - almost 100 above the official safety limit.