Today at 08:53:15 - Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a return to profit for the last three months of 2009.

Today at 08:30:16 - The Philippines charges 196 people with murder over a pre-election massacre which left 57 people dead.

Today at 08:05:09 - North Korea tells China it is committed to a non-nuclear peninsula, say reports, as a top UN envoy heads to Pyongyang.

Today at 06:15:20 - Desperate Burmese find ways to cross the Thai border

Today at 05:26:10 - An activist who questioned why so many people died in a huge earthquake in China last year is jailed five years for subversion.

Today at 05:12:02 - Toyota recalls thousands of Prius hybrid cars in Japan because of braking problems, as it tries to limit damage from a stream of problems.

Today at 03:49:29 - The campaign for presidential and senatorial candidates begins in the Philippines ahead of May's elections.

Today at 09:30:03 - Kabul, Feb 9 (DPA) At least seven people were killed, 40 others were injured in avalanches and hundreds were stranded at a snow-blocked mountain pass in northern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

Today at 09:30:03 - London, Feb 9 (IANS) Jennifer Aniston has jetted down to Los Cabos, Mexico, with her 'Friends' co-star Courteney Cox to bring in her 41 birthday in style. But there wasn't so much as a ...

Today at 09:30:02 - Colombo, Feb 9 (DPA) Sri Lankan opposition parties Tuesday protested the arrest of former army commander Sarath Fonseka, who led the military victory over the Tamil rebels before unsuccessfully runnin ...

Today at 09:27:09 - END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Iran today started to enrich its existing nuclear fuel stockpile towards weapons grad ...

Today at 09:27:06 - END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Toyota confirmed this morning it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid ca ...

Today at 09:16:36 - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Twenty years after Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, South Africa is a vibrant democracy but the millions still living in poverty are now looking for leadership that can t ...

Today at 08:51:56 - TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has effectively dropped a request for U.S. submarines to help shore up the balance of power with political rival China, a military source said on Tuesday, dissolving what cou ...

Today at 07:49:10 - MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine politicians launched their campaigns on Tuesday in a wide-open race for the presidency, with poverty, corruption and unemployment the top issues for the impoverished Sout ...

Today at 07:34:36 - COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday said defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka was "hell-bent" on betrayal and would be court-martialed on charges of conspiring agai ...

Today at 06:59:49 - TEHRAN (Reuters) - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western ...

Today at 09:05:02 - Authorities in the Philippines have filed murder charges against the former governor of southern Maguindanao province and 196 others in connection with last year's election-related massacre there.

Today at 08:05:01 - Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has died while on his way to a treatment center in Karachi, three Taliban sources say.

Today at 08:05:01 - Toyota's president apologized profusely Tuesday as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the popular Prius, for problems in their anti-lo ...

Today at 05:05:01 - Toyota will announce a global recall Tuesday for three of its 2010 hybrid models.

Today at 02:05:01 - A former Sri Lankan general who ran against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January has been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country's government, authorities announced.

Today at 03:49:00 - As the country waits to hear the decision of the Minister of State for Environment & Forests on the issue of Bt Brinjal, Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) urged him to seize the opportunity to tackle the pr ...

Today at 03:12:00 - Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua today articulates his deepest appreciation for the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for funding a new multi-million dollar Office Complex for members of parli ...

Today at 00:26:00 - Oscar winner A.R. Rahman's (Slumdog Millionaire) music for "Sultan The Warrior" film will be released in the near future, according to reports.

Today at 00:23:00 - The top United Nations political official will arrive in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) tomorrow for talks with senior Government officials after wrapping up meetings in Beijing and ...

Today at 00:20:00 - The outgoing United Nations envoy in Sudan has lauded recent developments in the country's electoral process, and urged the parties to the north-south peace agreement to press ahead during what will b ...

Today at 01:43:24 - China's Xinhua News Agency says that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reiterated his country's promise to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. North Korea - Kim Jong-il - X ...

08/02/2010 at 18:51:34 - China is showing off the results of its massive drive to rebuild its own quake zone  22 months after a 7.9-magnitude temblor struck and devastated the region and left at least 90,000 dead. ...

08/02/2010 at 17:43:24 - Chayne Hultgren, an Australian performance artist, set a new Guinness World Record Monday by simultaneously swallowing 18 swords, each nearly as long as two and a half rulers. Guinness Worl ...

08/02/2010 at 17:02:16 - A political ally says Sri Lanka's former army chief and presidential candidate has been arrested on sedition charges. Sri Lanka - President of the United States - Asia - Mahinda Rajapaksa - ...

08/02/2010 at 16:28:15 - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said ...

Today at 01:18:38 - Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace - there's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last.

Today at 00:51:00 - A $US20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $US100 in the nation's capital, and those travellers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long ...

Today at 00:45:00 - President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a folksy new radio talk-show by declaring an "electricity emergency" in oil-rich Venezuela.

08/02/2010 at 23:36:00 - US authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction have launched a criminal investigation, saying they cannot rule out criminal negligence ...

08/02/2010 at 23:15:00 - Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate has been hauled from his office by military police and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the ...

Today at 00:00:00 - FOR the Tamihana-Brown family, 2010 has started with a happy ending and a new beginning. On December 9, Tammy Tamihana-Brown was given the gift...

Today at 00:00:00 - The dog responsible for mauling a woman so viciously that she needed surgery for multiple wounds across her body has now been destroyed...

Today at 00:00:00 - New Zealand Scholarship examination results are available today and some students are confident about passing . . . but also a little nervous...

Today at 00:00:00 - A projected rate rise of around 7.4 percent in Gisborne and a 3 to 4 percent increase in council fees will be the first big challenge for councillors...

Today at 00:00:00 - GISBORNE people will save 900 lives this week, with more than 350 people booked in to donate blood through the New Zealand Blood Service...

Today at 00:00:00 - Nearly 80 combined years of caring for people with intellectual disabilities was celebrated yesterday at the launch of IHC's new website in Gisborne...