News Headlines: Activists horrified as rockets blast through Syrian city - Intense blasts echo through the ravaged Syrian city of Homs after a weekend bloodbath ended in hundreds of deaths there,...

News Headlines: Mali: Gadhafi's fighters stoke violence - Tuareg tribesman who reportedly fought for Moammar Gadhafi in Libya have returned to Mali with weapons, stoking violence...

News Headlines: Egypt clashes rage on for fifth day - Violent clashes near Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday left at least one person dead and 72 injured, a health...

News Headlines: Romania PM resigns amid protests - Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned Monday, following weeks of public protests against austerity measure...

News Headlines: Greece moves closer to default - Lucas Papademos, the Greek premier, failed to make party leaders accept harsh terms in return for a second ?130bn bail-o...

News Headlines: Contador loses Tour de France title - Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been stripped of his 2010 title and retroactively banned from cycl...

News Headlines: Hearing set for cruise ship captain - A closed-door hearing to determine whether the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship should remain under house arre...

News Headlines: Australians urged to flee flooding - Australian authorities plead with hundreds of people, who have chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood wa...

News Headlines: Hamas and Fatah reach unity deal - Rival Palestinian political factions Fatah and Hamas named President Mahmoud Abbas the head of an interim unity governme...

News Headlines: Deadly earthquake strikes Philippines - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Monday off the third-largest island in the Philippines, prompting the country to issue...