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

A Florida church said it plans to publicly burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, prompting threats from Islamic groups and warnings the move will trigger a rise in hate crimes....more

Kim, the North Korean coach, has not just been sacked, he has suffered public humiliation and been made to work unpaid as a construction worker. News leaks from Pyongyang further say that Kim fears he might soon be executed....more

A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated on Saturday after Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha canceled his trip to the UK following comments by the British PM suggesting Pakistan exports terrorism....more

Israeli rabbis are all set to issue an edict to clamp down on the growing number of devout Jewish women wearing "burqa" by declaring the garment an item of sexual deviancy that is as promiscuous as wearing too little. ...more

Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish. That's how a New York City judge ruled in throwing out a summons issued to a man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear....more

The discovery of cancer-causing textile dyes in clothing manufactured by some of the popular Chinese brands has set off alarm bells in the country. ...more

An influential Jewish organization announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan, intensifying a fierce debate about the limits of religious freedom and the meaning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks....more

Kim, the North Korean coach, has not just been sacked, he has suffered public humiliation and been made to work unpaid as a construction worker. News leaks from Pyongyang further say that Kim fears he might soon be executed....more

A Florida church said it plans to publicly burn copies of the Quran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, prompting threats from Islamic groups and warnings the move will trigger a rise in hate crimes....more