Dolly scientist abandons cloning

UN challenges states on warming

UN chief Ban Ki-moon challenges governments to act on the findings of a major report on climate change.

Bangladesh toll more than 1,500

The death toll from this week's devastating cyclone in Bangladesh passes 1,500, the government announces.

Chavez warning opens Opec forum

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tells a key Opec summit oil prices could double if the US attacks Iran.

'Opposition ahead' in Kosovo vote

A party led by a pro-independence former guerrilla is leading Kosovo's general election count, observers say.

US seeks to end Pakistan crisis

A senior US envoy meets President Pervez Musharraf to discuss Pakistan's deepening political crisis.

Dolly scientist abandons cloning

The man who led the team that created Dolly the sheep is abandoning the cloning of human embryos.

Kurdish rally dispersed in Turkey

Turkish police clash with hundreds of supporters of a pro-Kurdish party in the east of the country.

Bodies found in Iraq mass killing

The badly decomposed remains of about 30 people are discovered by Iraqi police in the south of the capital.

Japan to start whaling mission

Japan confirms it will carry out its largest whaling programme in the South Pacific, including hunting humpbacks.

Football: Italy end Scots' dream

Italy qualify for the Euro 2008 finals and send Scotland out of the competition thanks to Christian Panucci's stoppage-time winner.

Football: Israel lifeline for England

England earn a Euro 2008 qualifying reprieve with their fate again in their own hands after Group E rivals Russia are beaten by Israel.

Drug cheats to face four-year ban

World anti-doping officials double the potential punishment for those caught using banned substances for the first time.

Somali rebels attack peacekeepers

Insurgents target an African Union base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with grenades and machine guns.

Darfur talks 'expect more delays'

Sudan's stalled Darfur peace talks may not restart this year because of continued boycotts, a mediator says.

US Senate blocks Iraq funds bill

Republicans in the US Senate block a Democratic proposal to tie an Iraq war funding bill to a troop pull-out timetable.

Afghan bomb kills Nato Canadians

A roadside bomb kills two Canadian soldiers of the Nato-led forces in Afghanistan and an interpreter, officials say.

Loans cut for Chinese polluters

Chinese authorities withdraw loans to 12 firms accused of flouting environment laws, in the first move of its kind.

Junta 'accepts higher Burma toll'

Burma's ruling generals concede that 15 people died during their crackdown on protests, a UN envoy says.

Cult members in Russia cave siege

Police in Russia try to coax members of a doomsday cult out of a cave they are threatening to blow up.

EU 'should grow beyond Europe'

The UK foreign secretary says the EU should work towards including countries from the Middle East and North Africa.

Saudi gang rape sentence 'unjust'

A lawyer for a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and jail says this contravenes Islamic law.

Iran calls for US nuclear apology

Iran's president says the US should apologise for the way it has treated Tehran over its nuclear programme.

New life for India's nuclear deal

India's communist parties approve of government talks with a UN watchdog on a US nuclear deal.

Mittal tops table of India's rich

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal is again ranked as India's wealthiest person by Forbes Asia magazine.

Death house search moves inside

Forensic teams finish searching the back garden where the bodies of two girls have been found.

Credit losses 'may reach $400bn'

Finance houses' losses from the credit market slump may be around $400bn (£190bn), Goldman Sachs says.

'Billboard poster saved my life'

How a British Heart Foundation campaign is saving lives by warning people to act as soon as they feel chest pain.

US wants freeze on tuna fishing

The US calls for a temporary ban on bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea.

Colossus loses code-cracking race

An amateur has won a code-cracking challenge that marks the end of a project to rebuild Colossus.

Hollywood writers to resume talks

Hollywood screenwriters, who have been on strike for nearly two weeks, set a date to restart talks.

Iraqi bloggers

For an inside view of life in Iraq, we cherry-pick recent postings from Iraqi bloggers - those who left - and some who were trying to leave.