Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam, has flown to Italy…
Death row inmate Joseph Wood has died after an execution in Arizona took nearly two hours to kill him. Joseph…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Poland broke the European human rights convention in helping the…
At least 48 people died after a passenger plane crashed in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago, amid stormy weather in the area.…
Yumen city in Gansu province, north-west China, has been partially sealed off and dozens of people placed in quarantine after…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, saying that war…
A TransAsia Airways passenger plane has crashed after a failed emergency landing in Taiwan, killing more than 40 people, local…
The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship is being towed on its final journey to the port of Genoa for scrapping.…
The first remains recovered from Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane that crashed in Ukraine last week are to be flown to…
At least 67 police officers have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of spying and illegal wire-tapping. The allegations involve…