Yoga with dogs? How barking is that? It’s the latest daft fitness craze. JILLY JOHNSON tries ‘doga’ – with her 14st Great Dane Hugo Well, this is awkward. I’m arranging myself into what my yoga instructor calls the ‘downward facing dog pose’. I place my hands on the floor, stretch out my arms and legs and lift my pelvis. So far so good. I close my eyes and try to […]

At least 40 people have died after the luxury bus they were travelling in caught fire in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, police said. The bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, was travelling from Bangalore city to Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh’s capital, when the incident happened early on Wednesday. Seven people, including the driver, managed to escape the blaze. Police say a collision with a culvert ignited the fuel tank […]

AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday crossed swords over Sardar Patel as they shared dais here at an event on the first home minister. Modi made a veiled attack on Jawaharlal Nehru as he said the country’s “fate” and “face” would have been different if Patel had been the first Prime Minister. Singh immediately hit back by questioning Modi’s claim over Patel’s legacy, […]

Belief in the Moon’s power over us is widespread, and the basis of the word lunacy. Claudia Hammond examines whether science can shed any light on the ancient myth. We all know a full moon is supposed to bring werewolves and vampires out into the open. Belief in its power to drive us mere mortals a little mad is ancient and widespread. Such notions even gave rise to the word […]

This weekend a handful of women in Saudi Arabia defied a ban on driving and took to the wheel – many posted videos of themselves on YouTube – but what got the biggest response on social media was a video made by a Saudi comedian. Who is he, and what does the video mean? Hisham Fageeh Saudi comedian based in the capital Riyadh Fresh back in Saudi Arabia after courses […]

As terrorism increasingly becomes a tactic of warfare, the number of attacks and fatalities soared to a record high in 2012, according to a new report obtained exclusively by CNN. More than 8,500 terrorist attacks killed nearly 15,500 people last year as violence tore through Africa, Asia and the Middle East, according to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. That’s a 69% rise in […]

The latest eruption in a series since 2007 closed airspace on Saturday It is believed to be one of the volcano’s biggest eruptions, experts claim Almost 1m years old, it is currently standing at 10,925 feet tall and growing Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna has erupted, spewing lava into the air and sending a vast plume of smoke over Sicily. The eruption did not require any of the villages […]

Amendments and cancellations on First Capital Connect, Southeastern, Greater Anglia and Stansted Express Also disruption on East Coast, c2c, First Great Western, Southern, Gatwick Express and South West Trains Ferries from Poole and Weymouth to Guernsey & Jersey cancelled and hovercrafts to Isle of Wight suspended About 60 flights cancelled at London Heathrow Airport today – but none yet at Gatwick, Stansted and Luton Forecasters warn houses face damage, trees […]

The chief of the US spy agency NSA has not discussed the alleged bugging of German chancellor’s phone with President Barack Obama, officials say. Gen Keith Alexander never discussed alleged operations involving Chancellor Angela Merkel, an NSA spokeswoman said. German media say the US has been tapping the chancellor’s phone since 2002, and Mr Obama was told in 2010. The row has led to the worst diplomatic crisis between the […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Iranians say access to life-saving drugs is difficult because of Western sanctions West has imposed harsh economic sanctions for Iran’s failure to suspend nuclear program Economic sanctions targeting Iranian banks and energy sector have crippled Iran’s economy U.S. officials say Western sanctions are designed to target government, not citizens In July, Iran lost one of its most acclaimed playwrights and directors when Mahmoud Ostad-Mohammad passed away in Tehran […]