Large crowds of pro-EU demonstrators rallying against new laws which aim to curb public protests in Ukraine have clashed with…
During an interview with a German television, President Barack Obama has said he will not let controversial NSA surveillance undermine…
A Pakistani bomb blast that struck an army convoy in north-western part of the country has killed at least 20…
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from historic village of Laerdalsoyri in southern Norway as a raging fire threatens its…
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor) statue has been damaged by a lightning strike. The thumb on…
Four UN employees and a senior IMF official were among 21 people killed in a suicide bomb and gun attack…
California’s Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state-wide drought, urging residents to conserve water in what could be the state's…
China protest singer Cui Jian, one of whose songs became an anthem of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has pulled…
At least 18 die and 50 are injured in a stampede at an Ismaili Shias leader’s funeral in Mumbai. Local…
Former Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests in only two years over claims of child abuse, the Vatican has…