Junta-backed party says it has 80 per cent of seats, while 20,000 people flee fighting on the border with Thailand.
Former US President George W Bush defends some of his most controversial decisions, in his first TV interview since leaving office.
David Cameron is travelling to China with a contingent of business executives to deepen trade ties with Beijing.
Fighting between the army and one of the main Darfur rebel groups is intensifying ahead of a referendum on southern independence that could change the map of Sudan and the balance of power between the warring parties. The Justice and Equali
Polling stations opened across Jordan on Tuesday in a parliamentary election likely to produce MPs with tribal links and loyal to the government after the opposition Islamists pulled out. Around 2.5 million Jordanians are eligible to vote a
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit a barrage of U.N. and U.S. criticism of his country's new settlements in the Palestinian territories in tough talks early Tuesday. Israel's approval of 1,300 more homes in annexed east
تواصلت أعمال العنف في العراق الاثنين بانفجار آخر هزّ هذه المرة مدينة البصرة جنوبي العراق، وأسفر عن مقتل خمسة أشخاص على الأقل وأصيب ما يزيد ع
White House oil spill investigation commission says BP did not sacrifice safety to save money.