A deadline to reach a deal to avert strike action by BA cabin crew has been put back until Wednesday lunchtime.
The TUC, which is chairing the meetings, had set the deadline for the "close of play" on Tuesday 9 March for significant progress to be made.
In February, BA crew members voted in favour of [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is shortly expected to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran in Kabul.
It is the Iranian president’s first visit to the neighbouring country since Mr Ahmadinejad and Mr Karzai were re-elected last year.
Later, the Afghan president will head to Pakistan for a two day visit.
President Karzai has been criticised for [...]
Unidentified gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan, killing up to five people, the police said.
The victims, including two women, were all Pakistanis, reports say.
The attack took place on the office of the World Vision in Mansehra district, 65 km (40 miles), north of Islamabad, the police said.
Islamic [...]
Thousands of top-earning public sector workers, including judges, GPs and senior civil servants, are to have their pay frozen in 2010/11.
The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) has backed a freeze as recommended by Chancellor Alastair Darling.
The SSRB suggested a rise of 2.25% for NHS managers, but that was rejected by the government. Senior military [...]
Oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won a libel case over allegations he was behind the murder of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.
He was awarded £150,000 at the High Court over a claim made by Russian state-owned TV channel RTR Planeta.
Mr Berezovsky, who said he was a friend and supporter of Mr Litvinenko, said the comments [...]
US Vice-President Joe Biden is meeting the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah.
The Israeli government’s approval of plans for 1,600 more homes in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem is expected to dominate the talks.
Mr Biden earlier said the substance and timing of the decision had undermined the trust needed for peace [...]
The earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $7bn (£4.7bn), Swiss Re has estimated.
The company, the world’s second-largest reinsurer, said the impact on the sector would between $4bn and $7bn.
Swiss Re said its own losses from last month’s 8.8 magnitude quake would total about $500m.
Chile’s president has said [...]
More schools are being judged inadequate under a new inspection regime, figures from England’s schools watchdog Ofsted show.
Half of the 2140 schools inspected in the autumn were found to be either satisfactory or inadequate.
The proportion of schools classed as inadequate has more than doubled to 10% , compared with 4% in the 2008/2009 inspection [...]
Unidentified gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan, killing up to five people, the police said.
The victims, including two women, were all Pakistanis, reports say.
The attack took place on the office of the World Vision in Mansehra district, 65 km (40 miles), north of Islamabad, the police said.
Islamic [...]
The driving test should have compulsory questions on level crossings to cut the number of drivers who take risks on them each year, Network Rail has said.
It said there were 14 crashes and 13 deaths in 2009 and 140 near misses between vehicles and trains.
The rail operator recorded 3,200 incidents of misuse, but said [...]