Authorities say the first major storm of the country's brutal rainy season claimed at least four lives.

The extension would be months not weeks.

Some 400 people including parents gather at library branch to read banned books to their children as show of protest.

Some of the first raids on Wednesday morning targeted homes of senior Hamas officials.

Government ministries routinely use Twitter and 461 of the 650 members of the House of Commons have accounts.

Taliban violence, crippling power crisis and outdated production methods are taking their toll in Peshawar.

Hamas rockets claim its first victim in the eight day conflict as Palestinian toll tops 197.

The United Nations estimates that 10.8 million people -- or half the pre-war population -- need aid in Syria.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff declared the giant nation’s staging of the World Cup a victory.

Police confirmed Whelan had been detained after turning himself in to examining magistrate.