Foreigners may be increasingly jittery about the prospect of investing in Russia after its invasion of Georgia, but Russia's super rich are getting richer still according to a new survey.

Furious commuters in Argentina have set fire to a train over delays during the morning rush hour.

A Briton is thought to be among seven people killed after a helicopter crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai on Wednesday.

An 11-year-old British girl has been left stranded in Russia after her biological father obtained a Court Order preventing her from leaving the country until she is 18.

A gift list is one thing; asking guests for money is another, says Becky Pugh.

A former heroin addicted elephant has emerged from rehab clean after a three-year detox programme.

A man who cremated a body believing it was that of his father has been reunited with him eight years later after seeing him alive on television.

Scientists working on the world's biggest machine are being besieged by phone calls and emails from people who fear the world will end next Wednesday, when the gigantic atom smasher starts up. By Roger Highfield.

Advisers to John McCain have threatened legal action against the American tabloid "National Enquirer" after it claimed that his vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin had committed adultery with a business associate of her husband.

Britons may be more vulnerable to Aids due to the Roman invasion, new findings suggest.

Britain's workforce should keep working until they are no longer physically able to do so, according to former cabinet minister David Blunkett.