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Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, regarded as its number three leader and its top commander in Afghanistan, in what would be a major breakthrough in the U.S.-led campaign against the militant network.

About five people are killed after gunmen attack a hospital in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

The Duchess of York tells Oprah Winfrey she was drinking before allegedly offering to sell access to ex-husband Prince Andrew.

The French-American contemporary artist Louise Bourgeois, best known for her series of giant metal spiders, died in New York yesterday, aged 98.

Central American rescuers search for dozens of people still missing after Tropical Storm Agatha, as the death toll continues to rise.

Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish, has become a ubiquitous TV presence as a vocal critic of the response to the gulf spill.

Pressure on Israel to lift its blockade of Gaza increased further last night as the UN Security Council prepared to call for an end to the blockade in the wake of a deadly attack on civilian aid ships in international waters. A Turkish charity in Gaza said that 19 people were missing; Israel put the [...]

Officials said they had resolved some of technical problems that had forced them to abort a previous attempt to use a dome to funnel oil to a tanker.

The Duchess of York has admitted she had been drinking and was “in the gutter” when she was caught asking for £500,000 from an undercover journalist posing as a businessman in return for an introduction to the Duke of York in London last month.

UN Security Council members condemn Israel ahead of an emergency session on the Gaza aid flotilla raid, amid world fury.