A 39-year-old nursery worker arrested in Plymouth in an inquiry into the distribution of indecent images of children is still in police custody. more
Tue Jun 09 09:32pm IRST
A huge blast kills 11 people and injures dozens more at a luxury hotel in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar. more
Tue Jun 09 09:31pm IRST
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to announce plans in Parliament for a new voting system, the BBC understands. more
Tue Jun 09 09:26pm IRST
AFP - The United States is increasingly concerned about recent advances in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. more
Tue Jun 09 09:18pm IRST
AP - A powerful former Iranian president urged the country's top leader Tuesday to take "serious action" against hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for accusing current and former top government officials of corruption in a televised election debate. more
Tue Jun 09 09:16pm IRST
Reuters - One of Iran's most senior politicians accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday of lying in a televised presidential election debate and called on the country's supreme leader to intervene. more
Tue Jun 09 09:12pm IRST
AP - The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be "permanently closed," effective immediately. more
Tue Jun 09 07:20pm IRST
AP - President Barack Obama is calling for Congress to pay for new increases to federal benefit programs such as health care by raising taxes or coming up with budget cuts — a "pay-as-you-go" system that would have the force of law. more
Tue Jun 09 07:19pm IRST
AFP - The world is getting "very close" to a swine flu pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday, noting that there is now community-level transmission in Australia. more
Tue Jun 09 07:07pm IRST