Deep sea search parties have found one of two flight data recorders from an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil in 2009, investigators said on Sunday, reviving hopes of understanding what caused the crash.

A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said.

Syrian Prime Minister Adel Safar said Saturday his cabinet was to set a complete plan for political, economic and administrative reforms, official SANA news agency reported.

On April 29 President Barack Obama promised federal aid to the tornado-ravaged South, where deadly twisters have killed at least 339 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

Syrian forces waged a brutal crackdown on demonstrators on April 29, with witnesses saying dozens of people have died in the latest in a series of military actions aimed at suppressing civilian dissent that has been heavily criticized by the United Nations and human rights groups

Prince William and Kate Middleton kissed twice on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding service in Westminster Abbey.

Libya's government has threatened to attack any ships approaching the western rebel outpost of Misrata, potentially depriving insurgents of a lifeline to the country's eastern insurgent heartland.

Syrian forces waged a brutal crackdown on demonstrators on April 29, with witnesses saying dozens of people have died in the latest in a series of military actions aimed at suppressing civilian dissent that has been heavily criticized by the United Nations and human rights groups.

One Thai soldier has died in a fresh border clash between Thailand and Cambodia, Thai officials say, despite a truce struck hours before.

Returning from a trip to Pyongyang, former US President Jimmy Carter said that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Il ready for a summit with the Republic of Korea (RoK) President Lee Myung-bak at any time.