Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man...

Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders.

Marrufo, the supposed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel, has been accused by...

Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church.

They will attend a prayer service for victims of sexual abuse and...

Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in...

A German reporter says he was beaten by guards during his nearly five months of imprisonment in Iran and that he heard constant, "horrible cries" of other inmates being tortured. In the first...

KABUL, Afghanistan - A car bomb exploded Sunday near the police headquarters of the southern city of Kandahar, killing seven people and wounding at least 19, provincial officials said. Five Afghan...

Hezbollah is prepared to attack should Western powers interfere in Syrian affairs, believes that a war in the Middle East could prevent the fall of the Assad regime, Lebanese official...

US authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the last remaining Occupy sites in the U. S. David...

Bundled in a brown coat and matching fur hat, Her Majesty was joined by her husband, Prince Philip, at the service on her estate at Sandringham,...

A former model and television presenter who was left partially blind in one eye after an acid attack has had her sight restored following stem-cell...

The family thought Beauty had been found when a stray cat was reported the week after Mrs Hemming was sentenced, but it turned out to be a different missing...

The day a bearded Virginia Woolf and her band of 'jolly savages' duped an admiral into giving them the full red-carpet treatment on board the pride of the British naval fleet has gone...

In a statement on Chester Zoo's website, vet Steve Unwin said: 'We believe the fracture has been caused by a weakness in Juba’s leg, which has been aggravated by the rough and ...

KIEV: The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by Sunday, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North...

He looked less like a contender for the US Presidency, and more like a combination of Comical Ali, the Iraqi PR minister famed for declarations of impending victory in the jaws of catastrophic...

Scores, possibly hundreds, of people are estimated to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs. The attack came on the eve of...

CAIRO - The Egyptian authorities have referred 19 Americans and two dozen others to face criminal trials, the state media reported Sunday. The move is part of a politically charged investigation into...

KIEV/LONDON (Reuters) - Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings...

(CBS News) The day after a government-directed assault allegedly left more than 200 people dead in Syria, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called for the U.S. to supply covert weapons...

The death toll from the cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it as air traffic was hit. Airports were shut,...

The French interior minister has said he is standing by his remarks that not all civilisations are equal, even as critics denounced his comments as dangerous and xenophobic. "I do not regret...

Management consultant and business expert Peter Cohan does not plan on investing in Facebook stock any time soon. The author of 10 business books, including Capital Rising and Export Now, took a look...

One is a hapless inventor from Wigan whose hare-brained schemes and anthropomorphic dog, Gromit, have made him one of the most cherished figures in British film. The other is the leader of the...

The head of memory chip maker Micron, who was long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died on Saturday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near...

The number to watch is not the putative US$100 billion ($119.6 billion) valuation but the 845 million users that Facebook now claims to have. The observation that if Facebook were a country then it...

It has picked up award after award, including a Golden Globe last month for the best foreign language film and the Golden Bear at last year's Berlin film festival. And it has delighted ordinary...

The Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 per cent of civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, says a United Nations report released yesterday. The report said...

On the day that New Zealand is, or should be, most conscious of its national pride, it seems timely to suggest we should stop pleading for instant access to Australian social welfare. Every time the...

Last night's results in Nevada were bad news for Newt Gingrich and PPP's first day of polling in Colorado and Minnesota indicates things may only get worse for him in the coming days. In...

Arab countries and Muslim organizations are reacting angrily to a veto by Russia and China of a UN Security Council draft resolution based on an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria. ...

David Schlosser, who is a spokesman for the US Park Police, said Sunday that one of those arrested was charged with felony assault on a police officer and assault with a deadly weapon. That person is...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington at the beginning of March to attend the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, and is also expected to...

CAIRO - The cases of 40 US citizens, other foreigners and Egyptians embroiled in a dispute over the activities and funding of pro-democracy groups have been referred to court, judicial sources said...

Enjoying the services of a prostitute in Israel may cost you more than money - it may get you time in jail, under a proposed law that would criminalize buying sexual services.Dozens of people...

CAIRO - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on Sunday and were forced back by...

Bundled in a brown coat and matching fur hat, Her Majesty was joined by her husband, Prince Philip, at the service on her estate at Sandringham,...

Former U.S. President John F Kenendy took the virginity of a White House intern in a side room just feet away from where administration staff were drinking at an after-work party, an explosive new...

Before the kitten controversy, the politician - who was elected to Parliament as MP for Yardley South in 2005 at his sixth attempt - hit the headlines during the super-injunction...

The England and Gloucester rugby player has Invisalign braces which are so discreet that no-one noticed he was wearing them when he married in front of the Queen and other senior members of the Royal...

Thieving Leighton Cuthbert swung from his ladder and leaned into an open bedroom window at Adrian Neal's home in Telford to grab a credit card - which he used on...

In a Government document called Preparing your business for the Games, it warns companies they could lose their internet connection between July 27 and August...

That's because it has been revealed for the first time that she worked with Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in a bid to help her 'reduce her annoying...

Grandparents Ellen and Lionel, 99, have not spent more than one night apart from each other in the past eight decades and have not got sick of the sight of each other...

The explosive claim - certain to aggravate many heads and teachers - came as Sir Michael prepares to unveil a tough new inspection regime later this...

We've had the big snowfall, now it's the turn of the big freeze, with parts of the UK set to endure bitterly cold nights until Thursday, which could lead to dangerously icy travelling...

Evans said he wanted to show the world the truth behind what happened to Diana, who would have turned 51 this year, before her 1996 split from her...

This is the home in which Britain’s first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton, claimed her final victim. It is the house in which she was arrested and then taken away to be incarcerated, before...

After days of stormy weather, seas off the Tuscan island of Giglio were calm enough Sunday to resume work. But the Italian government office overseeing salvage and rescue operations said winds were...