Johannesburg: First face transplant operation in South Africa.

Kabul: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai holds a news conference.

Beijing: The United Nations releases a new report outlining North Korea's humanitarian needs and the funds that the UN agencies are appealing for.

Darwin: Verdict expected for the inquest into the most notorious and bitter legal drama in Australia's history: the 1980 death of a nine-week-old baby whose parents say a dingo took her from a tent...

Islamabad: British Foreign Secretary holds a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.

Various: Asian stocks and the euro climbed Monday after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe's debt crisis was about to spin out of control.

Various: Opposition leaders organise latest rally against President Vladimir Putin, hoping tens of thousands will turn out despite new tough measures aimed at suppressing dissent.

Various: Covering developments as German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech on German contributions to European cohesion at a conference in Berlin.

Vienna: OPEC 76th Meeting of Ministerial Monitoring Sub-Committee, to be attended by delegations of Algeria, Kuwait, Nigeria and the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna.

London: Labour leader Ed Milliband will give evidence at the UK's hacking scandal inquiry.

The Hague: Status conference in case against Kenyans Uhuru Kenyatta, deputy prime minister, and Francis Muthaura, former head of the civil service.

Various: Euro 2012 football championship continues.

Various: Latest developments as fighting between opposition groups and government forces intensify across the country.

There may be talent with the so-called 'X Factor' in Kansas City, but the competition show's judges were having a tough time finding it last weekend (8 to 9 June 2012), as they saw potential...

For some, the road to Oscar has begun at the annual Student Academy Awards (SAA), which were held Saturday (9 June 2012) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. Past SAA...

Thousands of 'tween' girls jammed a vast square with their parents and screamed in unison throughout teen superstar Justin Bieber's free concert Monday night, an event that was expected to draw...

The nighttime soap of American nighttime soaps, 'Dallas', returns this week with a glossy reboot complete with both fresh faces and stars of the original, history-making series, which ran from...

Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry hold a press briefing on their plans for the Olympics opening ceremony.
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Adam Lambert is to reunite with iconic British band Queen for three dates this summer in London. It will be the third time Lambert has sung with the landmark band, following an eight minute set at...

Tom Cruise is ready to rock: the Hollywood A-lister takes on the role of rock god Stacee Jaxx in the new film adaptation of 'Rock of Ages'. The stage version has already been a big hit on Broadway...

São Paulo Fashion Week, one of the biggest and most important events of its kind in Latin America, kicked off Monday (11 June) at the Bienal building in the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo. This year is...

Metal Hammer fans got to award their heavy metal favourites on Monday (11 June) in London at the annual Golden Gods awards. Rockers Watain, took to the stage to open the awards, which are now in...

Best known for her Broadway roles - she won a Tony in 2002 for 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' and last year for 'Anything Goes' - Sutton Foster is branching out to the small screen. The American actress...

Animal lovers and advocates got together for 'Hollywood Dogs: From Rin Tin Tin to Uggie' at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). When asked to pick a favourite animal star of all...

Robin Thicke says his two-year-old son has "incredible pitch," and it doesn't come as a surprise because of his musical family tree: Thicke's grandfather was a jazz saxophonist and his grandmother a...

If you could take a road trip to anywhere where would you go? That's the question we asked the stars of 'On The Road', Brazilian director Walter Salles' adaptation of Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation...

After a slow start, the world's third largest music market in Germany is starting to embrace music streaming. But it is not just the large companies that sell their music via internet streaming...

Recovering drug addicts and alcoholics are using photography to help them rediscover their self-worth on the road to rehabilitation. An Australian rehab programme is using creative workshops under...

Chile's wine industry has been struggling since it was hit by a massive earthquake two years ago. The quake toppled warehouses, cracked wine barrels and brought wine tourism to a standstill. Now the...

A Filipino fashion designer is attracting international notice with her eco-friendly designs. Central to her look is the abaca plant - a relative of the common banana tree.

Researchers in the Netherlands have created a new kind of diesel fuel from paper waste. The researchers say it produces less than half the emissions than from petroleum diesel.

Turtle steaks and curried stingray are only some of the delicacies to sample in a traditional recipe book launched by a group of indigenous Australian women.