Germany's conservative President Horst Koehler tendered his immediate resignation yesterday.

Al Qaeda says its top leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has died, according to a group that monitors Islamist websites.

How the world's media has reported the incident where Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, killing 10.

The 1000th American serviceman to die in Afghanistan was killed by a landmine this week.

There are not many places in the world where Tony Blair remains popular, but Sierra Leone is an exception.

Billy Sing, a Queenslander of Anglo-Chinese ancestry, earned himself the title of Australia's deadliest sniper during the Gallipoli campaign.