Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov A military strike against Iran over its nuclear program would be a serious mistake with unpredictable consequences, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Lavrov pointed out that there is no military solution to international conflicts as it can only increase the number of victims. “We get evidence to that every day when we see how problems... 

People walk through the flooded streets in Lat Phrao shopping and business district in Bangkok, Thailand, on November 5, 2011. The death toll from Thailand’s worst flooding in half a century reached 506 Sunday as floodwaters inched toward downtown Bangkok, the interior ministry said. By Sunday, authorities had ordered evacuations for residents in 11 of Bangkok’s 50 districts. As water crept... 

President prepared to use war as re-election campaign tool. Barack Obama has told America’s allies that the United States will attack Iran before fall 2012 unless Tehran halts its nuclear program, a time frame that suggests Obama is willing to use war as a re-election campaign tool to rally the population around his leadership. A subscriber-only report by DebkaFile, the Israeli intelligence outfit... 

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the International Atomic Energy Agency is free to reveal the alleged evidence it claims to have against Iran as “their documents are baseless.” In a joint press conference with visiting Burundian Foreign Minister Augustin Nsanze on Saturday, Salehi said Iran has given a 117-page response to such allegations... 

Athens : Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a debate on the confidence vote at the Greek Parliament, in Athens, on November 4, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has agreed to resign following the introduction of a new coalition government. This is according to an Athens news agency, quoting a source close to Papandreou himself. ­Sunday’s Greek Cabinet meeting is likely... 

Handily defeats GOP competitors Cain, Romney and Gingrich in online and in-person contest limited to Illinois residents. 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul earned another straw poll victory tonight, this time winning 52 percent of 3,649 votes cast in an Illinois statewide Republican contest held online and in-person. Dr. Paul handily beat Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich, who... 

Iran's nuclear ambitions led then US president George W Bush to launch a covert war in 2007 to thwart the programme. A secret campaign of surveillance, sabotage, cyberattacks and assassinations has slowed but not stopped Tehran’s programme. The covert war on Iran’s nuclear programme was launched in earnest by George Bush in 2007. It is a fair assumption that the western powers had been... 

Deadly: The death toll from the listeria outbreak that's been traced back to Colorado cantaloupes has now climbed to 29. The death toll from the listeria outbreak that’s been traced back to Colorado cantaloupes has now climbed to 29, making it the deadliest food-bourne illness outbreak ever recorded in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the increase... 

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said he would now refer to the country of his birth as the “Fascist States of America” after a judge dismissed his case challenging airport pat downs, adding that his only recourse now would be to run for President. “Ventura made his comments outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, where in January he sued to challenge the Transportation Security... 

Iranian women hold pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei outside the former US embassy in Tehran on November 4, 2011 Iran has made computer models of a nuclear warhead, says IAEA report on Tehran’s suspected nuclear activities, due to be published next week. Meanwhile, Iran is set to unveil documents accusing the US of links with terror groups. The UN nuclear agency is planning to reveal... 

At least six people were killed when the Italian port city of Genoa was hit by flash floods during torrential rainfall. Five of the victims, including two children, died when the lobby of an apartment block in which they had sought shelter flooded. A woman was apparently crushed by cars being swept away by the water. The Genoa city website advised people not to leave their homes and to climb to the... 

Held back: A police barrier stops the chanting 5,000-strong mob of mostly young men from going any further Thousands of far-right nationalists marched in Moscow today in a ‘Take Back Russia’ protest at Muslim migrants. Resentment is growing over the migrants from Russia’s Caucasus and the money the Kremlin sends to those troubled regions. Chanting ‘Russia for Russians’... 

Greek coastguards stand in front of Canadian boat "Tahrir" after forcing the Gaza-bound ship to return to the port of Agios Nikolaos, July 4, 2011. Two small boats approaching the Gaza coast have been boarded by the Israeli Defense Force. The IDF Chief of Staff ordered the navy to board the vessels should they refuse radio requests. Nobody was injured during the takeover, according to the... 

Announcement: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a news conference following a two-day policy session in Washington D.C. on Wednesday Europe’s debt crisis poses huge risks to America – while improvements in growth and unemployment are going to be much slower than first thought. Those were today’s dire warnings from the U.S. central bank, although it did note the strengthening in... 

The Mars500 project crew has returned to Earth after 520 days of living inside steel containers to simulate the length of a journey to the Red Planet. Three Russians, two EU citizens and a Chinese national spent 17 months in a 550-cubic-meter mock spaceship at a Moscow research institute as part of the $15 million Mars500 experiment aiming to investigate the psychological and physiological effects...