An Indonesian court has cut the jail term of radical cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, a vocal advocate of violent jihad convicted of funding terrorism, from fifteen years to nine.

Seven billion people will call planet Earth home from this Monday.

Five people died, bridges were swept away and villages were hit by mud slides on Wednesday after 500 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours in northern Tuscany, Italy.

Yemeni women set fire to veils on Wednesday in protest at the government’s crackdown on demonstrators.

The US State Department issued a travel warning for India this week amid concerns over possible terror attacks.

A tribal king in Nigeria has filed a $US1 billion compensation lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell for decades of pollution from the corporation.

The Thailand floods are set to hit the city of Bangkok threatening ancient temples and palaces and, “killing the heart of the tourism trade for this South East Asian metropolis”.

French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has given birth to a baby girl, called Guilia, this week.

eBay plans to add image-recognition technology to its mobile offerings.

The New Zealand Government is considering financial help to businesses hit by the Rena disaster.