Britain's top-selling daily newspaper the 'Sun' has switched its support from Labour to the opposition Conservatives.


WAPPING, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (SEPTEMBER 30, 2009) ITN - Britain's top-selling daily newspaper dealt a blow to Prime Minister ...   more »

A Russian Soyuz spaceship blasts off to International Space Station with Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte on board.


The Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasting off to the International Space Station, from it's site in Kazakhstan.

The ...   more »

A high security presence builds around China's capital on the eve of the Communist state's 60th anniversary.

Beijing's streets were quiet on Wednesday morning with traffic reduced and security tight ahead of events celebrating the ...   more »

Security is increased at the Munich Oktoberfest beer festival as Germany arrests two Islamist suspects in connection with recent al Qaeda videos.

Thousands of visitors flock every year to Munich's Oktoberfest.

But it's not quite ...   more »

Kenyans flock to the annual 'Concourse d'Elegance', Africa's largest classical and vintage car show.


NAIROBI, KENYA (SEPTEMBER 27, 2009) REUTERS - Kenyans flocked on Sunday (September 27) to the annual Concours d'elegance, held at the ...   more »

International actors, including Monica Bellucci and Costa Gavras, have signed a petition demanding the immediate liberation of film director Roman Polanski, slamming the move as a major blow to free speech.

PARIS, FRANCE (SEPTEMBER 28, ...   more »

The lawyer for former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky describes his trial as absurd, as prosecution witnesses take the stand

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2009) REUTERS - The trial of jailed former YUKOS chief Mikhail ...   more »

The British navy seizes its largest ever haul of cocaine in a joint operation with the U.S. Coast Guard off the coast of South America.


A British Royal Navy helicopter fires at a boat used ...   more »