Report warns Obama to prepare for terrorist attack

Joe Biden is being briefed on the study which based its findings on evidence from military, political and academic experts

Experts warn Obama of 'hornet's nest' in Middle East

Report claims Iran poses greatest foreign policy challenge to Barack Obama with Tehran on course to produce a nuclear bomb

Analysis: rumours around PAD victory in Thailand

Immediate political turmoil may be over, but it raises questions who is running country and what is role of the monarchy?

CCTV shows start of Mumbai massacre at station

Dramatic footage shows moment when a baby-faced terrorist opens fire at Mumbai railway station and how police were outgunned

Condoleezza Rice plays piano for the Queen

The US Secretary of State played a piano recital with the Foreign Secretary's wife at Buckingham Palace Watch video

Protesters' delight - but razor wire stays

Militants at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport celebrated following news of the government's ousting - but refused to withdraw

Mumbai gunman was 'terrorist for cash'

Azam Amir Kasab, 21, a Pakistani national from the Punjab, said his father was paid for introducing him to Lashkar-e-Taiba

Thai chaos as court dismisses government

Fears of civil unrest as PM is dismissed by court - but country's biggest airport will stay closed until December 15

Australia cuts interest rates to seven year low

The cut, 25 basis points larger than economists predicted, is seen as proof that Australia is sliding towards recession

Fatal crash injures Briton fleeing Thailand

Two Canadians travelling with the woman were killed as they rushed to catch a flight out of Phuket

Protester killed as Thai court rules

The grenade attack on anti-government protesters comes as a court decides whether the government should be dissolved

India summons Pakistan envoy over attacks

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalate after terror attacks as Condoleezza Rice plans trip to region on Wednesday

A change of tone if not policy

Obama picks big names whose known positions appear closer to those of the Bush Administration than many Obama followers hoped

President Bush regrets false Iraq intelligence

George Bush is spending his last days as Prsident contemplating his place in history

Mumbai attacks - five terrorists 'missing'

Fishing boat used by gunmen had equipment for 15 men on board, suggesting five would-be terrorists could still be at large

Appointment to UN signals way forward

Susan Rice named as Ambassador to the United Nations, the first envoy since the Clinton era to be elavated to cabinet status

Yushchenko looks to Moscow as Nato cools

Ukraine moves to soothe relations with Russia as it appeals to the alliance not to delay the offer of a membership plan

Security agencies search for scapegoats

Indian government seeks to placate an outraged public amid claims that hotels and coastguards were warned about attacks

Obama expects conflict within new security team

President-elect confirms Hillary Clinton as choice for Secretary of State - but says he expects there to be dissenting voices in team

Muslim graveyard refuses to bury terrorists

Influential Islamic graveyard in Mumbai breaks tradition to refuse burial for the gunmen who killed almost 200