World News

The Venezuelan government has set new quotas on 12 staple food products, which must now be produced, in regulated quantities and at controlled prices.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the world\'s poorest countries are beginning to be hit by the global financial crisis.

The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an advisory for travellers to Trinidad and Tobago to get vaccinated against yellow fever.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the US wants to increase the military assistance it provides to Mexico for its fight against drug trafficking.

The US economy reportedly shrank by 6.2 percent in the last three months of last year.

Bangladeshi troops searching the site of a mutiny in Dhaka have uncovered a grave thought to hold the bodies of 58 officers killed by mutineers.

Four people have been charged in a wide-ranging investigation in the US into an alleged assisted suicide ring.

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that should lead to the easing of restrictions on Cuban-Americans wanting to travel to Cuba.

An Iraqi interpreter has been killed and at least three US soldiers wounded after coming under fire from police in Iraq.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is to become the first foreign leader to hold talks with US President Barack Obama at the White House.

At least 70 people have fallen ill in China after eating pork products contaminated with an illegal animal feed additive.

Spain\'s justice minister has announced his resignation after being criticised for going on a hunting trip with a prominent investigative judge.