Daily Update

In Sri Lanka, more than 10,000 civilians have fled in the past few days from rebel-held Tamil-Tiger territory in the north, the government says.

Despite UN peacekeeping efforts, a massacre occurs in Congo

Death toll rises to 84 in Australian bushfires

Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip has yet to get off the ground, with political battles worrying aid workers that the work may never get done.

How to contain a nuclear Iran

Uprising to continue in Madagascar

Insecurity increases for jobless in Japan

Sarkozy defends his plans to revive France's economy

Political unrest occurs in Malaysia after chief minister forced out of office