A powerful explosion Tuesday outside a five-star hotel in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed at least five people and wounded 25, Pakistani officials said. more
Wed Jun 10 01:13am ICT
At hearings on Tuesday, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger III and a passenger recalled the splashdown of US Airways Flight 1549 in the river. more
Wed Jun 10 01:11am ICT
The defendants in Germany’s largest terrorism case in a generation announced on Tuesday that they were ready to confess to plotting a series of deadly bombings. more
Wed Jun 10 12:43am ICT
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
Wed Jun 10 01:02am ICT
A huge blast kills 11 people and injures dozens more at a luxury hotel in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar. more
Wed Jun 10 01:01am ICT
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to announce plans in Parliament for a new voting system, the BBC understands. more
Wed Jun 10 12:56am ICT
AP - The World Health Organization said Tuesday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada. more
Wed Jun 10 12:53am ICT
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
Wed Jun 10 12:46am ICT
AFP - At least 11 people were killed and 46 injured in a huge bomb blast at the five-star Pearl Continental hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, a police official said. more
Wed Jun 10 12:45am ICT