FIVE Islamist militants were killed today in a missile attack by a suspected US drone in Pakistan`s North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against militants near the Afghan border
THE flagship of the US Navy`s Sixth Fleet dropped anchor off Georgia`s Black Sea port of Poti yoday, where Russian troops have been patrolling since last month`s war with Georgia
AN Indian court has jailed the well-connected son of a rich arms dealer for five years for killing six people in a hit-and-run car accident nearly a decade ago
THE Security Council hailed a recent UN-brokered inter-Somali peace deal and restated its readiness to consider deploying UN peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of African country
Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers benefited from a late surge in public support to win the title today of oddest book title of the past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said
A BRITISH hotel was forced to apologise toay for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a Government minister
FANS of classical music and jazz are creative, pop lovers are hardworking and, despite the stereotypes, heavy metal listeners are gentle, creative types who are at ease with themselves
A BRITISH MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine
JOHN Darwin, who was jailed for faking his death in a canoeing accident so his wife could claim on his life insurance, has appealed against his sentence
HUNDREDS of anti-war protestors marched on the Republican national convention hoping to confront John McCain as he accepted his party`s nomination for the presidency
HOLLYWOOD studio Columbia is planning to revive its hit 1980s franchise Ghostbusters with a third film that will reunite stars Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, it was reported today
JOHN McCain today billed himself as a battle-scarred reformer and vowed he and running mate Sarah Palin would change Washington as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination
FOX Sports commentator Simon Hill bemoaned what`s it`s like to follow perennial also-rans Manchester City but that`s nothing compared with being a Newcastle United fan, writes Fox Sports News presenter Adam Peacock
LEAGUE Managers` Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan called on Newcastle United to sort out their structural problems to ensure their next manager does not suffer the same fate as Kevin Keegan
CROATIA coach Slaven Bilic has cooled speculation linking him to the vacant West Ham United managerial post after committing his future to Croatia until 2010 at least
