A popular Saudi television host publicly showed her bruised and bloodied face and has shocked her compatriots into openly talking about one of the kingdom's long-hidden problems: violence against women.
A muslim cleric's comments that wife-beating is authorised by the Koran has sparked a fierce backlash in France, with Justice Minister Dominique Perben warning today that the cleric "will have to explain himself".
Russia early today launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in a test-firing, news agencies cited the Strategic Missile Forces as saying.
At least three senior UN officials may have looted millions of dollars from the aid program that oversaw Saddam Hussein's oil sales in Iraq, according to a report citing US and European intelligence sources.
Citizens of the world's largest democracy vote today in a parliamentary election expected to return India's prime minister to office thanks to a booming economy and peace prospects with neighbouring Pakistan.
The US-led coalition announced today a deal aimed at defusing its armed confrontation with Iraqi fighters in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Fallujah.
The International Olympic Committee is seeking insurance to cover the Games in Athens in case they are called off.
A group of 10 terror suspects arrested in Britain overnight were planning an attack on Manchester United's stadium during this weekend's blockbuster against Liverpool, according to reports.
George W. Bush's National Security Adviser yesterday denied claims in a new book that the US President decided to go to war in Iraq in January 2003 - two months before he told a news conference he had not made up his mind.
The father of modern Fiji, Ratu Kamisese Mara, has died in a Suva hospital aged 83.