As Syrian government forces continue their fierce assault on the restive city of Homs, the BBC's Jeremy Bowen says it risks sliding into civil war.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:33:45 GMT
Rescue workers in Pakistan have found a 65-year-old woman alive in the rubble of a Lahore factory, 31 hours after the building collapsed.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:08:38 GMT
An Austrian adventurer planning the highest skydive in history has announced he will make the attempt later this year.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:42 GMT
Kabul's mayor sets up a mobile donation fund to collect money in order to save the city's historical sites.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:34:13 GMT
Public transport and ports have ground to a halt in Greece as two of the country's largest public-sector unions strike in protest at continuing austerity.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:21:24 GMT
Some four hundred children have been killed and many more are at risk after the world's worst lead poisoning epidemic in northern Nigeria.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:21:44 GMT
The Mexican navy rescues six Cubans found adrift on a raft floating off the Isla de Mujeres
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:32:02 GMT
Chinese state media has reported the birth of a baby of just over 7kg (15lb 8oz), making him what could be the heaviest birthweight baby on record in the country.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:56 GMT
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:53 GMT
A system for sending wounded people from the Libyan conflict abroad for treatment has been suspended after it came to light that it has been abused.
Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:09:39 GMT
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