By playing for time, Iraq may be attempting to make it harder for Washington to make the case for a military invasion.

The Pope has summoned American cardinals to the Vatican for an extraordinary meeting to talk about sex scandals that are hitting the Catholic church in the US on an almost daily basis.

Hope today evaporated for a miracle survival amid the rubble of the World Trade Centre, two weeks after the terrorist attacks on America.

The number of Irish killed in the terror attacks on America may not be as high as first feared, the Republic’s US Ambassador said today.

China is in negotiations to let Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and AOL Time Warner broadcast directly to television audiences in limited areas, the Chinese government’s broadcast authority said Wednesday.