LONDON — Iceland and London are among the world's best-value destinations thanks to the economic crisis, travel guide firm Lonely Planet said Tuesday, while Thailand remains tough to beat.

China has told the United States it is launching a trade investigation that could lead to new import duties on autos and sports utility vehicles made by Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, a U.S. industry official said on Wednesday.

FANG, Thailand — The heroin and methamphetamine traffickers carry assault weapons and walk briskly through the night, crossing the border in small groups and traveling down a spider’s web of footpaths and dirt roads.

For Americans who wake up each morning thinking about their job hunt, Friday’s unemployment report offered little reassurance that their search would soon pay off, even as the broader economy showed signs of strengthening.

These are the fabulous 2009 bathroom furniture collection from Lasa Idea. Entitled “Flux” this furniture comes with any different live and vivid color which perfect to enhance your modern bathroom interior.

Model Heidi Klum only gave birth (to baby Lou Samuel) six weeks ago, yet next Thursday she’ll be back on the Victoria’s Secret’s catwalk presenting their annual fashion show.

Amid the market downturn, the public is welcome to see some properties listed for more than $10 million.

Thailand's top footballers will receive free burgers as part of their new three-year, £545,000 sponsorship deal with the fast food giant McDonald's.

Monks at the Tung Luang Buddhist temple in Thailand's Chiang Mai province recently began caring for a 3-month-old macaque monkey whose mother was killed by a hunter. Helping them with the task of raising the young monkey is Tan, a resident "temple...

The United Nations began to relocate up to 600 of its foreign personnel in Afghanistan from danger zones in the country in the face of mounting Taliban attacks, officials said Thursday.

MILAN — In a landmark ruling, an Italian judge on Wednesday convicted a base chief for the Central Intelligence Agency and 22 other Americans, almost all C.I.A. operatives, of kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan in 2003.

A full-fledged international climate deal to fight global warming will not be reached next month in Copenhagen but a framework pact is still possible, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan's re-elected President Hamid Karzai says he intends to set up a government with maximum representation from across the country and promised to introduce reforms aimed at eradicating corruption as well as strengthening Afghan security f...

WASHINGTON — The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) New Delhi Office announced that TAT will open its second India office in the city of Mumbai on November 2, 2009. This expansion is to accommodate the rapid growth of the Indian tourist outbound travel to Tha...

Two 10-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of raping an eight-year-old girl in her local park. The alleged victim, who cannot be named, returned from playing near her home in Hayes, west London, on Tuesday afternoon to tell her mother th...

Andre Agassi, the former Wimbledon champion, has admitted the long lion-mane hairstyle he wore during the 1990s was actually a wig.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.

Protesters in Perth's CBD have smeared oil over their bikini-clad bodies to protest against the oil spill in the Timor Sea, leaking for more than two months.

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth cyclone to wallop the Philippines in a month, was barreling toward the capital of Manila, where some districts are still submerged by recent massive flooding, forecasters said Friday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday turned down fugitive Thai banker Rakesh Saxena's request to hear his case, ending one of the longest extradition fights in Canadian history.

Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.

A U.N. special investigator on torture said he was denied entry into Zimbabwe on Wednesday for an eight-day trip to look into alleged attacks against opposition party members.

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.

NEW YORK — Women remain far behind men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a survey of 134 nations released Tuesday.

U.S. researchers have found a way to coax human embryonic stem cells to turn into the types of cells that make eggs and sperm, shedding light on a stage of early human development that has not been fully understood.

Young men find "normal" sized women more attractive than size zero celebrities, research has suggested.

Thai action star Tony Jaa says his Hollywood debut is a "matter of time" after his latest movie, "Ong Bak 2," was released in the United States last week.

THERE is only so much a 10-minute plus introduction can do. Besides the first impression one gets from quickly giving the once-over of the subject involved, one normally gets to find out a wee bit about it such as the cursory what they do, where t...

Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel is denying Palestinians access to adequate water supplies by controlling shared water resources, the human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday.

Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.

Men should marry a woman who is cleverer than they are and at least five years younger, if they want the relationship to stand the best chance of lasting, according to new research.

A New Zealand primary school teacher who appeared naked on Australian Penthouse's website is being investigated by the New Zealand Teachers Council.

A Hong Kong businessman says more than $HK2-million has been stolen from his bank account in Shenzhen.

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China plans to make "every effort to rescue" a merchant ship and crew hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the country's state news agency reported on Tuesday.

Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all. Hours after the pop singer's first posthumous single "This Is It" was released amid great hype on Monday, it emerged that the tune had been recorded 18 years ago by an obscure Puerto Rican singer.

This December, celebrate the spirit of the holidays with The Twelve Days of Christmas™ at Meadowood Napa Valley, benefitting Share Our Strength®. Beginning December 4 through 19, 2009, these exclusive holiday feasts will once again pair world-reno...

For many families across the country, Halloween is the official launch of the holiday and decorating season. In fact, a recent study predicts Halloween spending may reach $5.77 billion on costumes, decorations and candy. Whether adorning their hom...

Winning CCTV products, digital photo frames, GPS, in-car entertainment, mobile phones, portable media and portable PCs to be showcased at China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components, Oct. 12 - 15 in Hong Kong