UNITED NATIONS

China drafts law to stop people with HIV or Aids entering bathhouses.

Israeli fighter planes undergo extensive trial runs in Greek airspace ahead of Geneva talks.

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons receives Nobel Peace Prize for long-standing work.

Greece's unemployment rate rose to 27.6 percent in July - from a downwardly revised 27.5 percent in June - data by the country's statistics service (ELSTAT) showed on Thursday (October 10).

Ali Jannati slams former government's strict censorship rules according to Iran expert Golnaz Esfandiari

South Korea spy agency confirm reactivation of Yongbyon nuclear plant.

Speidel talks of plan to create medical devices that aid disabled students and teachers in the classroom.

UN official blames Italy's 'repressive' immigrant policies for mid-sea disaster in which people from Eritrea, Somalia and Ghana have perished.

Italy's minister for integration accused of being responsible for deaths of African migrants through soft immigration policies.

Cargill close to agreeing purchase of ADM cocoa unit claims sources.

Africa terrorism expert James Hall examines the causes, context and consequences of the event which captured the world's attention.

Syria's foreign minister tells UN General Assembly anti-Assad rebels eat human hearts and sever limbs while victims are alive.

Islamic State of Iraq blamed for wave of blasts across Baghdad as ethnic violence reaches worst level in years.

Assad stresses intention to co-operate as Syrian forces attack rebels in Raqqa.

Apart from giving free access to chemical weapons experts, resolution okays Syria transition government plan.

President used UN address to warn of gays being one of three threats 'more deadly than all natural disasters put together.'

Cash will be used to create paths away from terror for disaffected lured by jihad.

Abe said in his speech at the New York stock exchange that Japan's economy "is exceptionally good".

US agency spied on Indian diplomats in Washington and UN headquarters as computer hard-drives at these locations might have been copied

IMF chief Christine Lagarde argues that the organisation can ease environmental issues

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he will meet Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the United Nations gathering in New York.