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Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, the Sri Lankan army chief, has called on the leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to give themselves up as the military continues its advance towards their de facto capital.
05/10/2008
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Tens of millions of Chinese will die of lung diseases over the next 25 years unless the government takes action to combat smoking and the indoor burning of fuel, scientists have warned.
04/10/2008
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UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, says it is to cut another 2,000 jobs as it reduces its investment arm which has been battered by the US subprime loan crisis.
03/10/2008
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European stocks have held firm in the run-up to a decisive vote in the US congress on a $700bn bank rescue package, although Asian markets have sustained losses.
03/10/2008
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Sri Lanka's military says its troops have closed to within 4km of the Tamil Tigers' headquarters in the north of the country.
03/10/2008
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Chinese users of the internet voice and text service Skype have been spied upon and their communications and identities recorded, the US-based company has confirmed.
03/10/2008
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Britain's most senior police officer has resigned after criticism of his leadership and his handling of major investigations including terrorism cases.
03/10/2008
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The wreckage of a light aircraft, thought to belong to missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, has been found.
02/10/2008
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Somali fighters are reportedly urging pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware to destroy the cargo and the vessel if they are not paid ransom.
02/10/2008
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Five explosions in a town in northeastern India have killed at least two people and injured 100 others, reports say.
02/10/2008
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European and Asian financial markets have recorded gains amid renewed hope that a $700bn rescue plan for ailing banks will be adopted by the US congress.
01/10/2008
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Negotiations are taking place by phone to free a Ukrainian ship hijacked by Somali pirates with 33 tanks and other military hardware abroad, a maritime official has said.
01/10/2008
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Syria says that an attack which killed at least 17 people in the capital Damascus on Saturday was carried out by a suicide bomber in a car which entered the country from an Arab neighbour the previous day.
29/09/2008
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Sudan and Chad have agreed to resume diplomatic relations and deploy African peacekeeping troops along their shared border to prevent rebel attacks.
29/09/2008
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Several foreign warships have surrounded a Ukrainian freighter off the Somali coast following its seizure by pirates, a Somali official says.
28/09/2008
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