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.

It's been a week of events worth watching.  From Tony Blair's interview with Andrew Marr to performers at the Notting Hill Carnival, as well as a protest against stoning in Trafalgar Square.

Also included are photos of people watching the fourth England vs. Pakistan test match, a couple embracing after a music festival, a view from the Millenium Bridge and a photo juxtaposing the old and the new ways of generating energy.

A fuel tanker has run aground in the far north of Canada but none of the diesel it was carrying is believed to have spilled.

The US government began using unmanned drones to monitor the entire border with Mexico in an attempt to tighten border security.