IN RUSSIA, in the reasonably near future (a couple of decades from now), former president, Vladimir Vladimirovich is slipping ever deeper into the mire of senility.

Caroline Flack feels like she is starring in 'Dirty Dancing'.

A fierce battle between US-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser.

Members of Pakistan’s parliament condemned the US today for the raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden on their soil.

A 15-year-old student pilot who crashed a light aircraft into a 42-storey Florida skyscraper was being pursued by a Coast Guard helicopter and two military jets for flying without permission, officials said tonight.