Syria Chemical Weapons Mission Strengthened

A second team of inspectors will be deployed to destroy Syria's poison gas stockpile, the world's chemical weapons watchdog has said, as the UN chief warned of the "dangerous and volatile" conditions experts faced in the country. Ahmet Uzumcu, Director...

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Brazil Teachers' Pay Protest Turns Violent

Clashes erupted in Rio de Janeiro as thousands of people gathered for a march in support of striking teachers. The march began peacefully on the Brazilian city's main avenue, but chaos broke out once night fell.    A small group of protesters...

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Malaria Vaccine 'Could Be Widespread By 2015'

By Thomas Moore, Health and Science Correspondent The world's first malaria vaccine could be in widespread use within two years following "significant" results from an ongoing clinical trial. Researchers reported at a malaria conference in Durban,...

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Putin Wants Dutch Apology After Diplomat Held

Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that the Netherlands apologise after a diplomat working for the Russian embassy in the Hague was detained by police and questioned overnight. "This is the most gross breach of the Vienna Convention. We are...

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Nobel Prize Awarded To Higgs Boson Scientists

A British scientist, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson, or 'God Particle', has won the Nobel Prize for Physics. Professor Peter Higgs shares the prestigious accolade and £780,000 prize with Belgian physicist Francois Englert, who developed...

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Maldives TV Station Set Alight As Poll Scrapped

An attack on a TV station supporting the leading candidate for the presidency of the Maldives has been caught on CCTV just hours before results from the first round vote were annulled. The Supreme Court scrapped the results from the September 7 poll...

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Denver Couple Held Over Boys Living In Filth

A Denver couple have been arrested after police found their four small children living in filth, with an "unbearable" smell of decomposing animals and urine at their home. The four boys - aged two, four, five and six - were not toilet-trained and had...

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Doctors Strike Over 'Dangerous' Hours

By David Blevins, Ireland Correspondent For the first time in 25 years, Ireland's junior doctors are staging a nationwide strike over what the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) calls their "dangerously long working hours." Around 3,000 doctors from...

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Britain To Appoint Iran Charge D'Affaires

Britain is to appoint a non-residential charge d'affaires for Iran, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced. Diplomatic relations between the two countries broke down in 2011, but Mr Hague told parliament: "Both our countries will now appoint...

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Debt Ceiling: Senate Democrats Push Toward Vote

Senate Democrats plan to push for a vote to raise the federal debt ceiling, challenging Republicans to yet another showdown as the US closes in on a possible default. A spokesman says Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could unveil the measure as early...

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