Memory loss may not always be the first warning sign that dementia is brewing — changes in behaviour or personality might be an early clue.

A home-made explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service has said.

The Government is being asked to take steps to prevent the risk of other mothers losing their lives as Sally Rowlette did the day after she gave birth to her fourth child.

A hunt has been launched for two missing doctors who dealt with Sally Rowlette before she died after giving birth.

A conflict has arisen over whether a mother who died after giving birth was aware she had the deadly Hellp syndrome.

At least 17 people have been killed after an apartment building in Egypt’s capital collapsed.

Iraqi militants unleashed a string of bombings and other attacks primarily targeting the country’s Shiite community, leaving at least 40 dead.

Bombings that hit markets and other insurgent strikes primarily targeting Iraq’s Shiite community killed 31 people today, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

A bombing near a playground and other insurgent attacks killed 18 people including several children in Iraq today, challenging government efforts to promote a sense of stability by preventing attacks during a major Muslim holiday.

Guinness World Records has launched the latest edition of its best-selling book documenting global achievement, including new entries for the shortest bull, the oldest gymnast, and the lowest ever car.

BRAZILIAN-Irish online travel wholesaler Darryl Ismail is the permanent tsb Ethnic Entrepreneur of the Year for 2009.

Thomas Chamney's World Championships campaign is over after he disappointed in this morning's 800 metres heats at Berlin's Olympiastadion.

A message the sole surviving Mumbai massacre gunman hoped to get to his backers in Pakistan was ordered to be kept secret by a judge in India today.

THE lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks pleaded guilty and gave a detailed account of the plot and his role in the rampage along with 10 gunmen that left 166 people dead and paralysed the city for three days.

The sole surviving gunman from last year’s Mumbai massacre dramatically admitted his guilt today in a detailed account of the plot that left 166 people dead.

The young stars of 'Slumdog Millionaire', Azharudding Ismail and Rubina Ali, have been offered new homes by the Indian government - just days after director Danny Boyle purchased apartments for the child actors.

'Slumdog Millionaire' filmmaker Danny Boyle has bought a new apartment for child star Azhar Ismail after he was left homeless following the demolition of his shanty home in Mumbai, India.

Young 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Azharuddin Modammed Ismail's family have rebuilt the makeshift home that was demolished in the slums of Mumbai, India last week.

French forces captured 11 pirates in a raid on a supply ship off the coast of Kenya today as attacks and counterattacks raised tensions in one of the world’s most important shipping lanes.

'Slumdog Millionaire' child actors Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Rubina Rafiq Ali Qureshi may soon leave the slums which won them their fame, it was reported today.

Chilling tapes of the Mumbai massacre gunmen calmly discussing killing their hostages over the phone were released today.

SCUFFLES erupted at an Egyptian court yesterday when five of six defendants were cleared of blame for a 2006 ferry sinking in which more than 1,000 people died, Egypt’s worst maritime disaster.

A Malaysian court has ordered a woman to register her marriage properly before seeking a divorce, her lawyer said today.

Shopkeepers in Egypt were quick to raise their prices when suddenly confronted by hordes of eager Palestinian customers today.

A TRANSLATION device worn like a wristwatch is being proposed to help British soldiers overcome language barriers and ease tense situations in Iraq.

Sudan has dismissed as unjustifiable the threat of slapping new sanctions because of the Darfur conflict, vowing to do everything it can to protect what it sees as its national security.

Britain will recall its first batch of around 1,500 troops from Iraq in the next two to three months, army chief General Richard Dannatt said today.

US and Iraqi forces swept into Baghdad’s Sadr City Shiite slum in an early morning raid today, killing four Iraqis, wounding eight and detaining five, police said.

Jordan is speeding up procedures to bring to trial the man charged with shooting to death a British tourist and the wounding of six others at a popular Roman ruin in the capital, Amman, judicial officials said today.

A series of bombings and mortar attacks – including two suicide bombings in the northern city of Kirkuk, killed at least 27 people and wounded another 80 today.

Masked gunmen stopped two minivans carrying students north of Baghdad, ordered the passengers off, separated Shiites from Sunni Arabs, and killed the 21 Shiites “in the name of Islam", a witness said.

Initial tests have shown that a woman who died this week had bird flu, making her probably the first human death from the disease in Egypt, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation said today.

The widespread prohibition in the Islamic world aganst depicting the Prophet Mohammed springs from a worry that even well-intentioned images could lead to idolatry or show disrespect for a figure Islam considers the model of human perfection.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began hurling pebbles at three huge stone pillars before dawn today in the symbolic stoning of the devil.

Middlesex’s Ed Joyce hit his second century of the ICC Trophy to snatch Ireland a last-gasp victory at Stormont.

HUNDREDS of Somalis died and entire villages and towns disappeared when tidal waves hit the East African nation’s coastline after travelling 2,800 miles across the Indian Ocean.

Sudan’s foreign minister yesterday dismissed claims by the UN that his country’s Darfur region is experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, saying instead that atrocities committed there were caused by “tribal conflict”.

THREE bombs exploded at a neighbourhood celebration in western Baghdad yesterday, killing 35 children and seven adults, officials said.

At least five people were killed and 20 injured when a suicide bomber blew up his car as a police convoy drove by in central Baghdad today.

Gunmen ambushed an Associated Press driver today, riddling his car with bullets and killing him near his home in Baghdad.

As a UN deadline expires for Sudan to ease the crisis in Darfur, the situation on the ground remains bleak – villagers forced from their homes by gunmen on horseback still cower in camps for the displaced, and reports the Sudanese military is bombing villagers continue to surface.

SUDAN yesterday said it expected to meet a UN deadline in three weeks’ time for it to improve security and human rights in its troubled Darfur region.

The UN special envoy to Sudan yesterday said he and Sudan's foreign minister had agreed a plan to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and avert UN sanctions.