Brazilian police have been questioning a man accused of driving his car at high speed through a crowd of cyclists, injuring at least 12 of them. Read the full story

A British court has agreed to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden where he is accused of sex crimes, dismissing claims such a move would breach his human rights Read the full story

Two Iranian naval ships are likely to pass the Suez Canal on Tuesday, a canal source said on Monday, en route to Syria on a purported training mission that Israel regards as a provocation. Read the full story

US ambassador to UN says that settlements threaten regional security but settlement-freeze resolution would hinder US-led peace efforts. Read the full story

Egyptians staged one of their biggest protests yet on Tuesday demanding President Hosni Mubarak step down now, their wrath undiminished by the vice president’s announcement of a plan to transfer power. Read the full story

The Burmese military authorities have released the pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest. Read the full story

A judge warned parents about the dangers of Facebook after a paedophile terrorised a schoolgirl on the website after duping her into accepting him as a ‘friend’. Robert Sumner stalked the teenager online and bombarded her with texts demanding she meet him. When she refused he told her he knew where she lived – and threatened to rape her, Manchester Crown Court heard. Read the full story

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted in Sweden where he has been accused of rape, a prosecutor has said. Karin Rosander, director of communications at Sweden’s prosecutors’ office, said an arrest warrant for the 39-year-old Australian was issued late on Friday. Read the full story

He caused a storm around the world when filmed chain smoking cigarettes – aged just two years old. Now Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal is centre of attention again after kicking his 40-a-day habit. Read the full story

Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting U.S. aid, new U.S. military reports showed, a disclosure likely to increase the pressure on Washington’s embattled ally. Read the full story

Iranian scholar Shahram Amiri, who was freed 14 months after being kidnapped by US and Saudi agents, says he turned down a 50 million dollar bribe offer by the US for cooperation. Read the full story

U.S. military officials and geologists have determined that the mineral deposits in Afghanistan are worth nearly $1 trillion, the Pentagon said Monday. Read the full story

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avi, the Latin word for bird Read the full story

A former police officer for a California subway system has been found guilty of shooting dead an unarmed passenger last year. Johannes Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Read the full story

A DECISION not to charge two security guards over the heat stroke death of a West Australian Aboriginal elder in a prison van has been greeted with anger and disbelief. Read the full story

Israel’s prime minister and defense chief will be called to testify in an investigation into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, the leader of an Israeli commission of inquiry said in an opening statement Monday. Read the full story

This is the moment a white American police officer punches a teenage black girl in the face after a dispute about how she and her friend crossed the road. Video footage of Officer Ian Walsh lashing out at the 17-year-old in Seattle has shocked the U.S. Read the full story

It is always dangerous for a reporter to become the story. For Helen Thomas, two months before her 90th birthday, it has meant the end of her career. Read the full story