Bangkok - Thailand is to send its foreign minister to the UN Security Council in New York next week to give its version of a border conflict with Cambodia, officials said Wednesday.

SEOUL—David Cameron is poised to become the first British prime minister to visit Russia since 2005 after accepting an invitation from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to visit next year. U.K.-Russian tensions have eased in recent months, and...

The Iraqi parliament is due to meet after a reported breakthrough in negotiations to form a new government

Armed men attacked villages in a rebel-held area of Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region on Thursday and Friday, leaving dozens dead, the rebels said. Officials from aid organisations in the area said they had received unconfirmed reports of an...

Laser scanners are being deployed in Orkney to record details of some of the island’s key historical landmarks. A team from Glasgow School of Art and Historic Scotland will scan the chambered tomb of Maeshowe, the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae...

Pakistan’s president, Asif Zardari, arrives for an official visit to the UK on Tuesday with a continuing storm back home over David Cameron’s comments about Pakistani attitudes to terrorism. Amid fears that security co-operation between...

A large explosion has shaken the home of a senior Hamas military commander in the Gaza Strip. Hamas sources told the BBC the blast hit the home of Alaa al-Danaf. He reportedly survived the blast unharmed but his brother Abed was injured.

This is the black couple who have amazed medical experts after their baby daughter was born with white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro’s daughter, Nmachi, has flummoxed genetic experts who are unable to explain why...

The state pension age for men is to be raised to 66 as early as 2016, and the government is to consider raising it for both men and women to age 70 or more during the next few decades to “reinvigorate retirement”. The move would represent a...

Smoking bans and recession are stubbing out Cuba’s cigar industry, signalling a hostile era for a product whose mystique once captivated the likes of Winston Churchill, John F Kennedy and Fidel Castro. The latest harvest of 22.4m leaves was 14%...