Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has proposed a referendum on political reforms in an effort to tackle protests that have swept…
South Korea has issued a cyber alert after a hacking attack on government websites. The website of the presidential office…
Pope Francis’ last-minute no-show at a concert where he was to have been the guest of honor has sent another…
Secretary of State John Kerry has said US would be "disappointing" if Russia and China had helped fugitive Edward Snowden evade…
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has been found guilty of having intimate relationship with underage Karima El Mahroug, and abusing…
The Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is to announce he is ceding power to his son, Crown Prince…
A bus with Romanian nationals has plunged off a bridge over the Moraca river in central Montenegro, killing 18 people…
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has arrived in Taiwan for an 18-day trip that is likely to anger Beijing. Blind dissident…
Florida aerialist Nik Wallenda has completed a quarter mile tightrope walk without safety harness over the Little Colorado River Gorge…
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has become critically ill in hospital, President Jacob Zuma has announced. Jacob Zuma said…