Ten cigarette companies in the United States have been sent a strongly worded letter that their plan on selling flavored cigarettes is against the law.

There has been a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas Thursday afternoon. Seven have been reported killed at the US army base. There are 12 injured. While the story is unfolding there will be constant updates.

The ex Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has had a lawyer appointed to him by the UN's Yugoslav War Crimes court after his failure to attend the first week of his own trial.

On a report on CNN Major Nidal Malik Hasan told a store owner that he was a native of Jordan. The name now alleged to be the gunman in the Fort Hood shooting on Thursday also expressed fears about his deployment.

Local reports from Brazil say a 58-year-old man left his family and friends stunned after he appeared at his own funeral.

A judge in a court in Milan, Northern Italy has convicted 23 Americans, 22 of them CIA agents, of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in a street in the city in 2003.

The American nuclear-powered attack submarine, USS San Juan, has arrived in Simon’s Town, South Africa’s main naval facility, for an unprecedented series of joint manoeuvres with South Africa’s submarine force.

New York City Transit's President Howard Roberts of 2 1/2 years has resigned following the elevation of Jay Walder. The move was expected after the announcement of Walder's placement as the new head of the MTA in September.

Turkish authorities are fining Google a total of 71 million Turkish Lira (USD $47 million) for allegedly dodging taxes. A Turkish lawyer says this claim is valid.

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) coordinated a delegation of parliamentarians to the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Syria.