The grey hulk of one of the most famous warships of the Third Reich, the Admiral Graf Spee, was last seen sinking into the waters off Montevideo more than 70 years ago. Today plans to raise the Nazi pocket battleship — which played havoc with British merchant shipping in the early days of the Second World War — are causing an international row.

In a final campaign-style rally, President Obama has appealed to Congress to heed the call of history and pass the $940 billion healthcare bill on which the White House believes his presidency depends.$

Lady Gaga’s infectious songs and on-stage antics have made her a pop sensation and twice winner of a Grammy Award. However, her former boyfriend and producer from New Jersey has gone to court claiming the star would be nothing without him.

A retired American general has blamed the UN's historic failure to protect the Bosnian "safe haven" of Srebrenica on the fact that there were openly gay soldiers in the Dutch peacekeeping battalion assigned to it.

The First Couple of the Iranian opposition movement have marked the start of the Persian New Year this weekend by demanding a "year of resistance" against a despotic regime.

The Middle East Quartet set a deadline today for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians after condemning plans to build new Jewish homes in Jerusalem.

A US citizen of Pakistani origin pleaded guilty yesterday to 12 charges including helping a 2008 militant attack on Mumbai and plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty or allow extradition.

Fess Parker, the Hollywood actor who found fame in the Disney classics 'Davy Crockett' and 'Daniel Boone' died yesterday of natural causes. He was 85.

Google could pull out of China as early as April 10, a Chinese newspaper reported today quoting an authorised agent for the search engine.

Israeli aircraft attacked at least six targets in the Gaza Strip early today, the day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, the EU’s deputy foreign policy chief, was visiting the blockaded territory.

An investment banker dubbed New Zealand's Bernie Madoff has been jailed for six years for stealing $NZ18000,000 ($£8,421,000) from his unwitting clients, most of which he blew on prostitutes, property and Pinot.

Bernard Madoff, the multibillion-dollar investment fraudster, was reportedly beaten up in prison by a fellow inmate with a black belt in karate who inflicted serious injuries.