A third undersea Internet cable has been damaged in the Middle East, adding to the disruption in online services after two other lines were cut earlier this week, the cable operating firm said.
ANKARA - Tens of thousands of secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
The Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, is under police protection after he and his family received death threats over his claim that parts of Britain had become "no-go areas" for non-Muslims.
A Chinese rail passenger gave birth while queuing for a train that had been delayed a week due to the country's worst snow crisis in 50 years.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Hamas will close the Gaza Strip's breached border with Egypt, a senior official from the Palestinian Islamist faction said on Saturday, following talks in Cairo.
KERICHO, Kenya, - Youths burned hundreds of homes in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley on Saturday, sending residents fleeing with all they could carry, despite an agreement between feuding politicians to end weeks of bloodshed.
Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays have joined forces with six other banks to work on a $15 billion (£7.6 billion) rescue plan for the struggling mortgage bond insurance industry.
Federal authorities say a high-level Muslim Pentagon aide, who led a campaign to silence a Pentagon intelligence analyst for taking a hard line against Islam, is running an "influence operation" on behalf of U.S. Muslim groups fronting for the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
Tony Blair has been holding discussions with some of his oldest allies on how he could mount a campaign later this year to become full-time president of the EU council, the prestigious new job characterised as "president of Europe".
The Government has called for history lessons to help children develop a sense of their British identity and a love of their country.
Yesterday, the European Parliament DEPARTED FROM ANY PRETENCE OF LEGALITY. Riled by the protests of a handful of Members who had been calling for referendums on the European Constitution (now called the Lisbon Treaty), MEPs voted to give their President arbitrary powers to DISAPPLY THE RULES AS HE SAW FIT.
Tax avoidance by large companies and wealthy individuals costs the Government £25bn a year, the equivalent of £1,000 for every working person in Britain, according to research published today.
In the UK, the dispute over the 24-week abortion limit has been fuelled by the publication of figures from a leading premature-baby unit showing a dramatic increase in survival of babies born at 25 weeks or under.
The beams are creaking. Plaster is falling from the ceiling. The cracks in the walls are widening. The entire edifice of wholesale financial markets is under the greatest strain in years.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict said on Thursday that embryonic stem cell research, artificial insemination and the prospect of human cloning had "shattered" human dignity.