News Services

News search engine:

NewsIndex - Advertised as a news only search engine.

News services:

AFP - Agence Française de Presse - The world's oldest established news agency founded by Charles-Louis Havas.

Al Jazeera - Prominent and well-known Arab news source.

AllAfrica.com - AllAfrica posts nearly 500 stories from more than 80 African news publications everyday.There is an option to search by individual country.

Ananova - UK based news service from the Press Association.

ArabNet - The most comprehensive online resource on the Arab world, primarily dealing with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

AsiaOne - AsiaOne is owned and managed by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). Launched in June 1995 as a platform for SPH newspapers' online editions, AsiaOne now hosts a growing range of online products. In January 2000, AsiaOne announced plans to develop the most comprehensive portals in Asia for e-commerce, news and information in both the English and Chinese languages through asiaone.com and zaobao.com.

AsiaPacific Media Network - For news and views from the Asia Pacific region: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.

AsiaSource - "AsiaSource is an online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia."

Associated Press - "The oldest and largest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video."

BBC News - News and views from the BBC (the UK British Broadcasting Corporation).

Also: BBC World Service

China Radio International - News and commentary on a variety of topics related to life in China including current and international affairs, and information on issues of concern to the government. Also news on music, entertainment, sports, travel and tourism.

CNN Interactive - News and views from the CNN (US based) service.

Drudge Report - Links to mainly British and American media sites, press associations, newswires etc.

EIN News - Access to breaking news that is organized within 260+ country, regional, U.S. States and specialized topic sections and derived from monitoring over 4,500 different online sources.

EMM NewsExplorer - European Media Monitor website offering news summaries from around the world, clustered, ranked and cross-referenced.

FOXNews.com - Another US news channel with international news coverage. Useful links to related stories and background information on a topic.

Inside China Today - from EIN News. EIN News focuses on over 240 countries, regions, and all U.S. States. "Each day EIN draws from hundreds of sources to present the most complete picture of the day's breaking news --- political, business, cultural, scientific --- whatever is interesting and important."

LewesLinks - Lewes Links aims to forge links and to promote better understanding of central and eastern Europe. The site provides access to news services from this region.

The Media Channel - MediaChannel is a media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide. As they say "As the media watch the world, we watch the media." There are options to search for stories by topic or by country.

NewsNow - Follow the news minute-by-minute: this service searches 20,000 news sources every five minutes.

NISS world news - Access to Collections of news resources, to Business and Financial news resources, TV and radio schedules etc. Go to the Worldwide News section for news resources for Europe, the USA, and the rest of the world, including the UN News Centre and the UN Wire.

Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty - For broadcast and media information on all countries of Eastern Europe and the central Asian republics.

Reuters - Reuters is a global information company providing information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets.

Teletext Headlines - News headlines updated by the minute.

Total News - Search for news headlines by region or country, with links to newspapers and news sources for each country.

World News Network - WN Network ranks as one of the top sites for World News on the Internet.

World Radio Network - WRN carries live audio newscast streams in RealAudio, WindowsMedia and StreamWorks 24 hours a day from 25 of the world's leading public and international broadcasters. You can also hear a live relay of WRN1 in English, WRN2 in various languages and EuroMax Deutsch in German.

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