International

US NATO chief calls for fresh Afghan strategy
30/08/2009 05:00
A fireman stands beside burning trucks loaded with supplies for NATO forces at the Pakistani town of Chaman near the Afghan border. The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Monday submitted a review into the...
Fiscal challenges loom for newly elected Japan Democrats
30/08/2009 05:00
Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party leader Yukio Hatoyama places a marker on a winning candidate’s name Japan’s next prime minister began forming a government Monday as investors worried the untested...
Japanese voters cast ballots for House of Representatives election
29/08/2009 05:00
Japanese voters began voting Sunday for a lower house generation in which the Democratic Party of Japan looks set to end the rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. A man casts his vote for the house of representatives election at a polling station in...
U.S. Senator Kennedy buried in national cemetery
29/08/2009 05:00
Late U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the last powerful member of the Kennedy family, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington DC Saturday evening. President Barack Obama gives the eulogy at the Roman Catholic Funeral Mass for...
Kenya’s hippos hard hit by drought
29/08/2009 05:00
A group of hippos bathe in a shallow pool of water in the Tsavo West National Park, in southern Kenya. Kenya’s persistent and bruising drought is having a serious impact on the country’s wildlife, one of its...
Merkel on defensive over Opel as election looms
29/08/2009 05:00
Angela Merkel’s efforts to secure a rescue of General Motors’ Opel unit and the jobs of its 25,000 German employees have put the chancellor on the defensive, just four weeks before general elections....
Japan votes in election, opposition tipped to win
29/08/2009 05:00
Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Taro Aso speaks, as a voter waves a Japanese flag Japanese voted in an election on Sunday that looked set to oust the long-ruling...