French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for a U.N. anti-drug fund using assets seized from smugglers as interior ministers of major powers discussed international cocaine trafficking. France said delegates at the talks in Paris supported the idea, but it was unclear how much of their drug seizure spoils governments might be asked to hand over. "Combatting

Emirates plans to fly to more places and order more planes, ingoring claims of unfair competition from rivals, the airline's chairman said on Tuesday. The airline's aggressive expansion has been criticised by European carriers who say the Dubai-based company and other Gulf carriers are effectively subsidised, provoking fears that Gulf-based superjumbos will draw traffic from

A man threw himself off the world's tallest building in Dubai, its developer said, plummeting to his death in the first suicide from Burj Khalifa tower. The man, believed to be in his twenties and of South Asian background, jumped from the 147th floor of the 828-metre (2,717 feet) skyscraper and landed on a terrace

A nine-member delegation of OSCE observers is currently in Cyprus in view of the parliamentary elections to be held on May 22. On election day, the observers will be based in the capital Nicosia and the southern coastal town of Limassol and will tour polling stations in other districts after receiving authorisation to do so.

An estimated two thousand passengers traveling to and from Cypriot airports will be affected by tomorrow’s four-hour work stoppage, which Air Traffic Controllers have announced in Greece. The strike will start at noon and last until 16.00, affecting 15 flights, of which seven departures and eight arrivals. Speaking at Larnaca international airport, Cyprus airports spokesman

Egypt's former tourism minister was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for squandering public funds, the second member of Hosni Mubarak's cabinet to be jailed for financial misconduct. A criminal court found Zoheir Garranah guilty of selling public land in Red Sea province below its market value to two businessmen, the court said

Britain's Prince William and his new wife Kate have set off for a delayed honeymoon following their April 29 wedding, St James's Palace said on Tuesday. The couple flew out on Monday, a royal source said, but no details were given of their destination other than it was outside Britain. William's office said the couple

U.S. investigators are trying to put together the pieces of Osama bin Laden's secret life in the hope of unearthing details of his global network of Islamist militants bent on attacking the West. Key to that will be tracing his movements from the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States to

A source in Germany's ruling coalition said on Tuesday that European Union finance ministers were talking about "reprofiling" Greece's bailout loans, with the voluntary inclusion of private investors. "They are discussing reprofiling the rescue loans and the possibility of involving the private sector on a voluntary basis," said the source, who asked not to be

An anonymous French wine collector is giving new meaning to the term spring cleaning – at least when it comes to emptying out his cellar. He is selling 315 bottles spanning more than 60 vintages from the top Bordeaux houses at Christies in Geneva on May 17 and was also behind the sale of 158