Officially, Britain has recorded nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of H1N1, but the real total is thought to be much higher as symptoms for most are mild and they simply go undetected

French investigator says airplane may have hit the water with strong vertical acceleration, suggests possible air traffic control failure

Yukiya Amano replaces outgoing chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who steps down later this year after 12 years as director-general

US president spoke Thursday in Washington to AP, just days ahead of  US-Russian summit in Moscow

Iran's nuclear weapons aspirations is expected to be discussed during upcoming Moscow summit between US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev