A roadside bomb exploded near a playground today, killing four children and wounding six in eastern Afghanistan.

The leaders of Germany and Britain sent out different signals on Friday about how to solve the euro zone's debt crisis and admitted they had failed to narrow differences over the introduction of a financial transaction tax in Europe.

SHIPBUILDING has returned to Port Glasgow in a deal worth more than £20 million which will create more than 100 new jobs. It was confirmed yesterday that Ferguson Shipbuilders have secured a Scottish Government-funded contract to build two new environmentally friendly 'hybrid' ferries.

Security forces killed at least six people in protests called to urge nations to expel Syrian ambassadors today, activists said, as Turkey joined Russia in warning of the risk of civil war.

Syrian security forces shot dead two people as they opened fire to disperse protesters urging countries to expel Damascus' ambassadors to further isolate the regime.

Welcoming the local authorities' move to the dark side, Darth Vader has asked for a land plot in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa to park his space ship.

In the evening of Nov 17, 2011, at 7.30 p.m. the "Rauma" lost power between Aukra and Hollingsholmen and ran aground on rocks off Hollingsholmen.

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft has returned to earth following a successful mission in which it conducted China's first space station docking tests.

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said yesterday his country is ready to help former colonial ruler Portugal.

Three ex-Soviet states were Friday to agree the first steps towards creating a Eurasian economic union, a project backed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to bind closer the former USSR.