More than 1,000 protesters walked and chanted in front of China's defence ministry today, the latest apparent demonstration by soldiers as the world's largest standing military modernises and downsizes.

One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after take-off, Taiwan’s top aviation safety official said today.

A SUICIDE attacker detonated a massive car bomb yesterday at a checkpoint near the British Embassy and headquarters of the interim Iraqi government.

A suicide attacker detonated a massive car bomb today at a checkpoint near the British Embassy and the interim Iraqi government’s headquarters in Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 40, including a US soldier, authorities said.

The Philippines said today that it is withdrawing its small peacekeeping contingent from Iraq early to meet the demand of kidnappers threatening to kill a captive Filipino truck driver.