American Airlines is reducing the number of flights to Japan as travel demand to the country continues to fall. The airline said it will suspend two of its six daily flights to Japan from April 6. Other international airlines like Delta and Qantas have also announced a reduction in capacity to Japan. Travel demand has [...]

Canadian authorities have arrested a man accused of seeking to travel to Somalia to join a militant group. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was stopped at Toronto Pearson airport on Tuesday, Canadian police said in a statement. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he was bound for Cairo, then Somalia. He planned [...]

Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, may make Australia the destination for their royal honeymoon, a prospect that has tourism officials down under ready to fire up their barbies, according to The Telegraph. “I love scuba diving. I have always wanted to dive the [Great] Barrier Reef,” said Prince William to the international press [...]

Google will be subjected to independent privacy audits for the next 20 years over charges that it "violated its own privacy promises". Buzz's launch in February 2010 came under heavy criticism from users. According to Google, the system was designed to bring together members' personal and private lives. One widespread complaint was over a feature [...]

Al Qaeda, which some U.S. officials had called irrelevant to the revolts sweeping the Arab world, has made a slick bid to claim the revolutions with the newest issue of its English-language magazine. The newly released fifth issue of “Inspire,” which appeared on Islamist websites overnight, is called “The Tsunami of Change,” and includes the [...]

Legislators in the US state of Ohio have passed a bill that will severely limit the collective bargaining rights of public sector workers. The bill, which will affect teachers, nurses and other government workers, would allow unions to negotiate wages but not healthcare or other benefits. Republican Governor John Kasich is likely to sign it [...]

Former US president Jimmy Carter – on a visit to Cuba – has criticised US policy towards the island. Mr Carter said the decades-long US trade embargo and travel ban damaged the Cuban people and hindered rather than helped reform. He also urged the Cuban government to move towards democracy and allow complete freedom of [...]

Moammar Gadhafi’s ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and moved within striking distance of another major eastern city, nearly reversing the gains rebels made since international airstrikes began. Rebels pleaded for more help, while a U.S. official said government forces are making themselves harder to target by using civilian “battle wagons” with makeshift [...]

A US scheme to pinpoint future VIPs has spent 70 years introducing power-brokers-to-be to the American way. So how can you tell who will one day be a head of state? As part of the highly prestigious – and expensive – programme, participants are hand-picked to spend typically three weeks visiting Washington DC and three [...]

US single-family home prices fell for the seventh month in a row in January, new statistics show. "The housing market recession is not yet over, and none of the statistics are indicating any form of sustained recovery," he said. "Keeping with the trends set in late 2010, January brings us weakening home prices with no [...]