Rumours that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France. Continue Reading

Schools were closed, roads were blocked and power was knocked as Barcelona was hit with its heaviest snowfall in 25 years. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has implicitly accepted Pakistan’s status as a declared nuclear weapons state, countering conspiracy theories that the United States is secretly plotting to seize the country’s nuclear assets, says a US media report. Continue Reading

A Nato air strike has killed at least 27 civilians including women and a child who were travelling in a convoy of minibuses. Continue Reading

The death toll from Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake last month has reached 212,000, while the number of homeless may be far higher than the one million estimated by authorities, the prime minister has said. Continue Reading

LASHKAR GAH: Taliban militants are digging in ahead of a major Nato operation in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON: US and Nato forces are set to launch in southern Afghanistan this week a major offensive being described as the biggest assault of its kind since Vietnam four decades ago. Continue Reading

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran took his country closer to confrontation with the West on Sunday, ordering scientists to enrich Iran’s stockpiles of uranium to the higher level needed for nuclear power. Continue Reading

Washington DC was grinding to a halt on Saturday as the US capital prepared for its heaviest snowfall in nearly a century, dubbed “snowpocalypse” and “snowmageddon”. Continue Reading

The World Bank has committed up to $1.3 billion for Pakistan in the 2009/10 fiscal year and violence in the country will not deter it from continuing its projects, a World Bank official said. Continue Reading