A Briton is stranded in Thailand after being paralysed in a road accident, his family has said.

A cargo plane has crashed shortly after takeoff in Dubai, killing two crew members.

In response to the Middle East peace talks Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel.

A blast has killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta at a Shiite procession calling for solidarity with Palestinians.

Australian lifeguard control and authorities have been notified of a massive school of sharks feeding off the southern Queensland coast.

A two-year-old Indonesian boy whose chain-smoking had shocked the world has reportadly given up.

Hurricane Earl has battered North Carolina's coast with rain, winds and waves and is swirling up the US east coast towards New England.

A fire on an oil platform that exploded off the Louisiana coast has been put out, the Coast Guard has confirmed.

There are reports that an oil rig has exploded, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.