Military helicopters are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died.

Some 18 helicopters have rescued 5,000 p [Read More]

Huawei has unveiled what it says is the world's thinnest smartphone.

The Android-based Ascend P6 is 6.18mm (0.24in) thick and is also unusual in that it has a 5 megapixel fro [Read More]

The number of people who survived the Holocaust is dwindling - they are all now old men and women. But the Holocaust carries a special importance for Israel. Can it ensure that the next generation [Read More]

High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tes [Read More]

Brazil's government says it will deploy troops to five major cities to control a wave of protests which has seen almost a quarter of a million people demand better public services.

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Top US journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in car crash in Los Angeles aged 33, his employer, news website BuzzFeed, has confirmed.

His vehicle hit a t [Read More]

Col Latifa Nabizada, the first female pilot in the Afghan air force, has battled prejudice, the Taliban and personal tragedy - but her ambitions for her young daughter soar even higher.

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Four US soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, hours after the US announced direct talks with the Taliban.

A spokesman for the Taliban said the militant group was behind t [Read More]

Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned for assault after images of him grasping his wife, Nigella Lawson, by the neck appeared in a newspaper.

Scotland Yard said a [Read More]

There has been an explosion in the west of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

Tolo TV said the blast happened in the Pol-e Sorkh area, while police told the Reuters news agency it [Read More]