China's government fears more than 50,000 people may have died in the Sichuan earthquake, state media say.

Gordon Brown says he has kept the UK economy growing during tough times before and insists: "I can do it again."

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas recalls his people's "suffering", as they mark Israel's creation 60 years ago.

Israel's intelligence chief says Palestinian militants will soon double the range of rockets they fire from Gaza.

The wheels continue to turn on Europe's billion-euro project to put a robotic rover on the surface of the Red Planet.