The Jordanian army has launched a full-scale attack on Palestinian guerrillas in towns all over Jordan following weeks of sporadic fighting between the two sides.
More than 11,000 people are feared dead after an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale hit the south-east region of Iran. The three-minute quake,
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, have shaken hands before cheering crowds on the White House lawn in Washington.
The President of the United States has described the destruction caused in New York and Washington as an act of war against all freedom-loving people. In
The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which have left thousands dead and New York’s World Trade Center destroyed.
American Express, one of the world’s largest banking houses, has opened a credit card service in Britain. Holders of the cards will be able to use
The chief architect of the Chinese revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong, has died at the age of 82. His death - at 10 minutes past midnight -
A report sponsored by the government has suggested homosexual behaviour between consenting adults should no longer be a criminal offence. The proposal is the principal and most
The National Trust for Scotland has taken control of Fair Isle, famous for its bird life and knitted sweaters. The remote island situated between Shetland and Orkney
Japanese officials have signed the act of unconditional surrender, finally bringing to an end six years of world war. In the presence of 50 Allied generals and
More than 100 police officers had to be taken to hospital after clashes at the Notting Hill Carnival in west London. Most were released after treatment but at least
A British force of about 4,000 infantry has arrived in Korea from Hong Kong. The decision to send the troops, as back up for the American-led United
The fight for racial equality in the United States moved a step closer to victory today as Martin Luther King spoke of his dream for freedom in an
A man has been given the world’s first battery-operated heart in a pioneering operation in Britain. The patient, an unnamed 62-year-old from the south of England,
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has begun his purge of cabinet members and officials involved in the failed coup four days ago. Two of the three ministers who
A massive bomb has wrecked the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN’s chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Presley, 42, was discovered slumped in a bathroom at his mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday. He was rushed to the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis but
Shipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, have staged a successful strike in protest over the dismissal of militant crane driver Anna Walentinowicz. The strike at the Lenin shipyard
Jamie Gavin had the four-hour operation at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, west of London. His condition is described as satisfactory. The young patient and his parents
The unprecedented transition of power under the 25th amendment officially occurred when Mr Nixon handed a letter of resignation to Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger
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