Director John Brennan has defended the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation techniques but admitted some methods were "harsh" and "abhorrent". Speaking at…
A number of bodies have been discovered by health officials in Kono, a remote diamond-mining area of Sierra Leone, raising…
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been arrested at the main protest camp at Admiralty, which is now cleared after more…
President George W. Bush was "fully informed" about CIA interrogation techniques condemned in a Senate report, his vice-president, Dick Cheney,…
An Alpha Jet aircraft has crashed into a home for disabled people in central France, killing one person and leaving…
Princess Charlene of Monaco has given birth to twin babies, Gabriella and Jacques, the palace has announced. Prince Jacques is…
The Pirate Bay website has been taken offline following a police raid in Sweden. Swedish police seized servers in Stockholm…
Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein has died after a confrontation with Israeli troops at a protest in the West Bank.…
Former President Aleksander Kwasniewski has acknowledged Poland let the CIA run a secret prison on its territory following 9/11. Aleksander…
Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have received the Nobel Peace Prize awards. The Nobel committee described…