He who is slient, is strongest.

Activists who fled Iran on the year since elections

Iraq's two main Shia political groupings merge to form the biggest alliance in the new parliament.

Two motorcyclists have been killed in the same Isle of Man TT race, the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) confirms.

Serbia is accused of abusing international law in trying to persuade Britain to extradite the former acting President of Bosnia.

British soldiers' graves in France are defaced with "Nazi graffiti", according to news agency reports.

The economics of the online porn industry make it ripe for exploitation by hi-tech criminals, a study suggests.

The head of Rwanda's Football Federation is arrested for trying to travel to the World Cup in South Africa.

Researchers have used X-ray techniques to uncover the cause of death of a 700-year-old saint.

Boom to bust - how easy money dented eurozone

Israeli policy on Gaza unchanged after flotilla raid

MPs in New Zealand are revealed to have used official credit cards to buy flowers, champagne and pornographic films.

Indian investigators interrogate a man in the US who scoutied targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal against a corruption conviction is rejected by a court in Taipei.

Melting glaciers in the Himalayas will have varying impacts on food security the region's major river basins, a study says.

David Cameron tells troops in Afghanistan he wants the British public to "revere and support" them for their "incredible work".

Berlusconi backs controversial bill to curb wiretaps

Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, at the centre of a long-running row, is released from jail in Libya, his lawyer says.

Images from the huge World Cup concert in Soweto

United States and West Ham defender Jonathan Spector believes his country's opening World Cup game against England will be their easiest.

British PM talks of Afghan commitment and of withdrawal