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.

Apple icon and technology visionary Steve Jobs has died

Internet giant Google has launched a flight search tool in a potential challenge to online travel services.

Greek New Zealander Andreikos Kerdemelidis gives Neos Kosmos his first-hand account of the reckless riots that rocked his quiet London neighbourhood to the core

Michael Cacoyannis, director of Zorba the Greek dies at 89