Powerful Typhoon Phanfone is bringing many parts of Japan to a standstill with heavy wind and rain as it heads…
At least 5 police officers have been killed and 12 others injured in a suicide attack in the Chechen capital,…
Pope Francis has opened the extraordinary general session of the Synod of Bishops on family life at the Vatican. The…
About two million Muslim pilgrims gathered at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on October 4 as they took part in…
Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola within the US, has deteriorated from a serious to…
Former Haiti President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has died of a heart attack in the capital Port-au-Prince at the age…
The parents of American hostage Peter Kassig have appealed to Islamic State (ISIS) militants to "show mercy" and release him.…
The first picture of first baby to be born from a transplanted womb has been made public by his parents.…
North Korea and South Korea have agreed to resume formal high-level talks, the South Korean media reported. The talks between…
The US unemployment rate fell from 6.1% in August 2014 to 5.9% in September 2014, official figures have shown. The…