UK poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever rating -

Britain's ruling Labour Party fell to its lowest-ever poll rating in a survey published on Friday, a week after big losses in local elections cast doubt on the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis -

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday.

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe -

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police inquiry into allegations of bribery.

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Mediator Mbeki in Zimbabwe to discuss disputed poll -

Regional mediator and South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday for talks on the country's disputed elections ahead of a possible run-off that has raised concerns of further violence.

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Aid flights into Burma to resume Saturday -

The United Nations will send two more aid flights into Myanmar on Saturday, despite the fact two shipments of its relief supplies were seized by the military.

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Lebanese government denounces "coup" -

Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup."

Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT