The election will bring the first transition between civilian governments in a country ruled by the military for more than half of its turbulent history.

Counting got underway today in Pakistan's landmark elections after millions of people defied deadly Taliban attacks to take part in an historic democratic transition.

Nasa astronauts Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy on Saturday began an emergency spacewalk to try to stop ammonia from leaking from the International Space Station's power system, Nasa television showed.

Counting got underway in Pakistan's landmark elections after millions of people defied deadly Taliban attacks to take part in an historic democratic transition.

Reporters and photographers were evacuated from the West Wing of the White House early today because of smoke from a faulty piece of equipment.

Bangladeshi officials gave the first account Saturday of how a "miracle" survivor pulled from a collapsed building managed to emerge alive 17 days after the disaster and hailed her indomitable spirit.

ElectraCard Services processes prepaid travel cards for National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah PSC, one of two Middle Eastern banks named by US prosecutors.

Two explosive-laden cars blew up in a small Turkish town near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 18 people in one of the deadliest recent attacks in the volatile area.

The death toll from car bombings in a Turkish town near the border with Syria on Saturday has risen to 40, Interior Minister Muammer Guler said.

National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah, one of the two banks that were defrauded in the $45m ATM heist, uses Infosys' Finacle software.