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Thailand shuts down second airport

Thai authorities shut down Bangkok’s second airport today after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, cutting off the capital from air traffic as the prime minister rejected their demands to resign. Read

Obama girls' chores

US president-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle say their daughters will still have to do chores in the White House and will not get out of doing homework just because they are the president’s children. Read

Russian nuclear help

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev agreed to help Venezuela start a nuclear energy programme as President Hugo Chavez hailed Moscow’s deepening ties in Latin America as a reflection of declining US influence. Read

'Hitler's bookmark' recovered in coffee shop sting

US authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that was reportedly given to Adolf Hitler by his long-time mistress Eva Braun. Read

Mumbai terror attacks death toll tops 100

At least one Briton was among more than 100 people killed in a series of terrorist attacks in India, an official said today. Read

India terror attacks leave 101 dead

Police and gunmen were involved in a stand-off at two luxury hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai today following terrorist attacks which left 101 people dead. Read

Brazil: Mudslides death toll hits 84

Rescue workers found dozens of bodies as they dug desperately through the wreckage of homes engulfed by mudslides in southern Brazil, boosting the death toll from rain-spawned hillside collapses and floods to 84. Read

World's most expensive new book goes on display

A huge handmade work on the life and work of Michelangelo, billed as the world’s most expensive, most beautiful new book, arrived at the New York Public Library, fresh from publication in Italy. Read

Give up your bonuses, Obama tells bank chiefs

US president-elect Barack Obama said today bank executives should forgo their bonuses this year to show they were taking responsibility amid difficult economic times. Read

Bush's mother taken to hospital after 'pain'

President George Bush’s mother Barbara is in a Texas hospital after complaining of a “little bit of pain”, it was announced today. Read

Bin Laden's driver moved to Yemen

A former driver for Osama bin Laden has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to his homeland of Yemen to serve out the remaining 32 days of his jail sentence, the Pentagon said. Read

Sex-on-beach ruling 'proves our innocence'

A British woman who was spared jail today after being convicted of having sex on a Dubai beach said the ruling “proves our innocence”. Read

Meteor touchdown captured on video

Meteor touchdown captured on video Read

Clinton ‘on track’ to be US Secretary of State

SENATOR Hillary Rodham Clinton was last night still in discussions over whether to accept the US Secretary of State job, although the talks are “very much on track”, a spokesman said. Read

Iraqi held over death of Red Caps

AN Iraqi man has been arrested in connection with the killing of six Red Caps more than five years ago. Read

Wildfires spread around LA

Los Angeles appeared surrounded by flames today, with three wildfires consuming spacious mansions and tiny mobile homes at the edges where bone-dry wilderness meets burgeoning development. Read

Suspected remains of British airmen found in Malaysia

Malaysia’s military has recovered the suspected remains of nine British airmen and three Malaysians who died when a plane crashed in a jungle during a communist uprising 58 years ago, it was reported today. Read

Four Palastinians killed in Isreali airstrike

Four Palestinians firing mortars have been killed in an Israeli airstrike. Read

Pakistan closes Afghan link

Pakistan has temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks carrying sealed containers from using the Khyber Pass, a key passage to Afghanistan, an official said today, a move which will probably have an impact on supplies heading to Nato troops. Read

23 feared dead in Indian bridge collapse

A bridge under construction over an icy Himalayan river in Indian-controlled Kashmir collapsed today, leaving at least 23 workers missing and feared dead, police said. Read