World News

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is set to agree to a record cut in oil output of two million barrels a day.

An Iraqi doctor has been convicted of conspiracy to murder in connection with the London bombings.

Thousands of protestors yesterday demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush at a news conference in Baghdad.

The head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, is warning that efforts to boost the troubled economies of wealthy nations could cause serious damage to developing countries.

A suicide bomber has killed at least 50 people at a restaurant near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Weather forecasters are predicting that 2009 will see another above average hurricane season.

Australian police have charged 19 men with being part of a global child pornography network involving people in 70 countries.

The US House of Representatives could vote on a 15 billion dollar bail-out of the US car industry today.

For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly will today consider a declaration urging the decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide.

The White House has given a relaxed initial reaction to a plan by Democrats in Congress for a $15 billion bailout of three big US car firms.

United States immigration officials have resumed deportations to Haiti.

The leader of Canada\'s main opposition Liberal Party, Stephane Dion, has announced he will be resigning.