The US says stalled international talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme could resume in China within the next week.

Russia and China called on the United Nations yesterday to take the lead in the global fight against terrorism.

PHILIPPINES president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has rejected outright claims that she rigged last year’s election.

A PRINCE who is heir to the fabulous fortune of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei married a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner yesterday in Asia’s wedding of the year, attended by royalty and dignitaries from around the world.

Insurgents holding a Filipino truck driver hostage said today that he was still alive, but had been moved to the place where he was to be killed if the Philippines did not agree to remove their troops from Iraq, according to a video on the pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera.

Politicians from both sides of the divide in Northern Ireland must stand up to people responsible for an increase in racist attacks, an Assembly member urged today.

THE Philippine president said yesterday authorities had arrested four militants and seized 80 pounds of explosives, averting a “Madrid-level” terrorist attack.

The White House today said it was open to delaying briefly a vote on its UN war resolution until next week if the delay would help win it support.

A group of eight people are the prime suspects in the Bali nightclub bombing that killed almost 200 people, police in the tropical resort said today.

The 32nd annual World Economic Forum began in New York today with discussions on where the global economy is headed and how to deal with terrorism.

George W Bush has assured the Philippines that the US will help pursue a militant Muslim group holding two Americans hostage.

The two largest parties in Indonesia’s national assembly, which combined represent a majority of MPs, were today demanding that President Abdurrahman Wahid be dismissed and replaced immediately by Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri.