CULTURE AND SPORT

The spotlight in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial shifts to supermodel Naomi Campbell when she testifies about an uncut diamond he allegedly sent to her room.

The United States will end its combat mission in Iraq  as scheduled on August 31 despite a recent flare-up in violence, President Barack Obama said.

Survivors crammed into inadequate shelters expressed anger over inaction from the Pakistani government as the death toll from the floods topped 1,100.

A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on Sunday, requiring signatories to stop the use, production and transfer of the deadly weapons.

Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday.

Rescue workers and troops in Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods in living memory, as the death toll rose to 800.

Spending as much as $250,000 on a bachelors degree from world-renowned U.S. universities is a waste of money, a new book asserts.

The second phase of the Apple iPhone 4\'s global launch in Asian and European nations got off to a \"nightmare\" start.

Ignacio \"Nacho\" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico\'s Sinaloa drug gang, was killed in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara.

The fifth Conference on ASEAN-China People-to-People Friendship Organisations (CACPPFO), opened in Singapore on July 29.

A nursing assistant admitted killing eight of her newborn babies and stashing their tiny remains in plastic bags in a village in northern France, officials said.

French authorities said a couple have been arrested after the bodies of eight newborn babies were found in a northern village.

Catalonia\'s parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.

A Pakistani airliner carrying 152 people crashed in Islamabad amid heavy rain and poor visibility, killing everyone on board.

Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of more than 100 people after a Pakistani jet crashed in Islamabad and there are still no signs of survivors.

Credit card fees  and rewards programs exacerbate income inequality by acting as a transfer of wealth from poor to rich, according to a new study.

A passenger jet carrying 152 people crashed in Pakistan. At least five people were killed and three wounded, but many more were feared dead.

BP\'s outgoing chief executive was the target of fresh US anger after claiming he had been \"demonised and vilified\".

The winner of the upcoming Miss Vietnam World 2010 contest will get to take home a crown worth VND1 billion.