Ann Salter

Their threats weren’t idle. The Taliban vowed to attack any methods used by US-led NATO troops to supply weapons for war and they have. Today they admitted to planting a bomb in Afghanistan which destroyed 22 trucks and injured one person.

Luxembourg cyclist Frank Schleck has denied doping after he was dropped from the Tour de France for failing a drugs test. A statement from him today suggests he might have been poisoned.

The FBI has opened an investigation after needles were found in sandwiches served on four Delta Air Lines flights bound for the US from the Netherlands.

It has been confirmed Assef Shawkat The brother-in-law of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and the country's defence minister Daoud Rajih are among several senior officials killed in a suicide bomb attack on a national security building in Damascus.

Environmental campaigners Greenpeace today closed down a number of petrol stations in Edinburgh.

After the Olympic lanes roads restricted for use by the Olympic family and athletes came into effect today all we needed was the athletes to start arriving to make use of them.

A freak wave of tornadoes ripped through northern Poland late Saturday, causing one fatality and injuring 10 others as the wind reached speeds of 200 kilometres per hour.

A massive clean-up has started after the devastating floods hit Japan's Southern island of Kyushu leaving at least 24 people dead, and eight people still reported to be missing.

The Red Cross has officially declared Syria at civil war.

In a highly anticipated investor conference call today, JPMorgan announced the ‘highest legal trading losses in history’ on its QT earnings.

Thomas and Raymond Kwok, the billionaire co-chairmen of Asia's largest developer Sun Hung Kai Properties, and Rafael Hui, Hong Kong's former No.2 public official, appeared at a Hong Kong court today to hear formal corruption charges against them.

Tributes have been paid to three Britons who have all now been named , John Taylor and Steve Barber, both from York and Roger Payne who is known one of the UK's most respected climbers.

At least 92 people including women and children were killed today after a gasoline tanker crashed on the east-west road in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta, and caught fire. As people tried to scoop up spilled fuel.

Five Britons are missing after an avalanche in the French Alps' Mont Blanc massif, which has killed six people and injured none more.

Disaster hit thousands of O2 mobile phone customers around the UK who have been left without phone and mobile internet coverage since lunchtime yesterday as a result of a network service outage on the O2 network.

Around a dozen protesters marched to the de-facto Chinese embassy in Hong Kong today following reports that a Chinese bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin had been detained in his seminary

Six people were injured and one detained in Spain today as miners protesting against austerity cuts clashed with riot police in Madrid.

Very sad news from Tokyo Zoo as the giant baby panda, born just six days ago to parents Shin Shin and Ri Ri has died, probably from pneumonia, zookeepers have said.

The Olympic flame reached Windsor Castle today watched by Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

In the spirit of goodwill the acting Barclays chairman Marcus Agius, has announced that Bob Diamond has voluntarily waived his share awards worth up to £20m.

News just reached us regarding the hostage incident this morning, where an unnamed, armed gunman, believed to be an ex-soldier. Took a number of children, and a man hostage, at a school in Vitry Sur Seine just outside Paris.

The latest news regarding the murder of PC Ian Dibble, as Police have confirmed they have found a body in a church yard, believed to be Peter Reeve who is suspected of killing the off-duty officer.

The annual world famous Spanish Pamplona Bull Run, where man, pits himself against beast, claimed three victims this year. As two Britons and an American, were gored in the running of the bulls through the streets of Pamplona

It has been reported that seven U.S. soldiers have been killed in a string of roadside bombs and clashes in southern Afghanistan, in one of the most violent days in the country for months.

A record breaking, heat wave has devastated much of the eastern two-thirds of the United States with triple-digit temperatures, and claimed the lives of dozens of people.

For many of the millions of tourists who visit Amsterdam each year, the city's red light district with its famed prostitutes in windows, brothels and cannabis-selling coffee shops, is one of the main reasons to visit the Netherlands.

Everyone has heard of so called ‘Disaster Divorces’ that drag on forever, cost thousands and ruin everyone’s lives. But one forward thinking Dutch entrepreneur Jim Halfens, has set up a 'Divorce Hotel’ where people check in from Friday to Sunday.

Pandas are very much in the world news this week. In Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo, the first cub in 24 years has been born, naturally, to proud parents Shin Shin and her partner Ri Ri.

An Argentine court has jailed ex-junta leaders Jorge Rafael Videla, Reynaldo Bignone, and an ex-navy officer Jorge Acosta - known as The Tiger.