Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man...

Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders.

Marrufo, the supposed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel, has been accused by...

Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church.

They will attend a prayer service for victims of sexual abuse and...

Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in...

A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in Sofia for a trip aimed at convincing Bulgaria to break its energy dependence on Russia. U.S. officials say Clinton is promoting alternatives...

The government in Islamabad says a military convoy struck a roadside bomb in northwestern Pakistan on February 5, killing one soldier. Another 12 Pakistani soldiers were injured when militants...

There are frequent reports in the Bulgarian and Ukrainian media about Romanian "pirates" robbing passing transport ships on the Danube. (file...

CAIRO - Protesters demanding a swift presidential election and an early handover of power by the army hurled rocks at police guarding the Egyptian interior ministry on Sunday and were forced back by...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's remaining forces are demoralized and will not survive beyond February, a former Syrian general who defected and took refuge in Turkey in November...

The State of Israel has enjoyed a fairly stable regime in its nearly 64-year history, despite having no constitution anchoring its system of government. However, Israeli governments have for the most...

KIEV - Bitterly cold weather that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe swept westwards over the continent on Saturday, blanketing Rome's Colosseum with snow for the first time in...

Dumps of over six inches of snow yesterday and throughout the night brought travel chaos to parts of Britain, with 100 vehicles stranded on the M40, huge tailbacks on the M25, hundreds of flights...

The Queens Park Rangers captain gave a robust view of the incident that led to Terry being accused of using racist language against Barton’s team-mate Anton Ferdinand last...

Disgraced banker Fred Goodwin has quit his role as a trustee of the Queen's personal charity days before he was stripped of his knighthood - in a bid to avoid embarrassing the Royal...

NHS recommendations state men should not regularly drink more than three to four units a day, while women should not regularly drink more than two to...

In a Government document called Preparing your business for the Games, it warns companies they could lose their internet connection between July 27 and August...

Bamber was jailed after he was found guilty of killing his adoptive parents June and Nevill, his sister Sheila Caffell and her six-year-old twins Daniel and Nicholas, at their Essex...

It found that police, probation and court staff are continually failing victims, some of whom have suffered 20 years’ harassment at the hands of their...

MOSCOW: The movement against Vladimir Putin was Sunday preparing new rallies to loosen the Russian strongman's 12-year grip on power after keeping up their challenge with a third mass...

Manal al-Sherif said today that she and other activists are urging judicial authorities to launch proceedings based on complaints they lodged after being refused driving licences. Al-Sherif said she...

The blast went off in a car park outside the police building in Kandahar, said Saisal Ahmad, a spokesman for the provincial government. Five officers and two civilians were killed and another 19...

Russia and China have handed Syria's government a "licence to kill", say opposition activists, after the two countries vetoed a UN resolution. The Syrian National Council, an...

An explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel, witnesses and state television reported. The pipeline, which also supplies gas to Jordan, has come under attack at least 12 times...

Three more people have set themselves on fire in China to protest Beijing's policies toward Tibet, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the past year. U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia,...

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Netanyahu: In this region the only thing ensuring Israel's survival, security and prosperity is our strength; Ya'alon says Assad's fall could "break the axis of evil with Iran,...

Delek Group Ltd. and Noble Energy Inc. on Sunday reported a substantial natural gas discovery at a depth of 5,500 meters in the offshore Tanin 1 (Crocodile) well, 120 kilometers northwest of...

Rome - The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it Sunday as air traffic was...

Port Moresby - Papua New Guinea authorities scaled back their search on Sunday for survivors from the sinking of a passenger ferry, saying none of the more than 100 people still missing were likely...

Las Vegas, Nevada - Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in...

Dumps of over six inches of snow yesterday and throughout the night brought travel chaos to parts of Britain, with 100 vehicles stranded on the M40, huge tailbacks on the M25, hundreds of flights...

BOISE, Idaho -- The head of memory chip-maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed...

CAIRO: Protesters and riot police fought pitched battles in Cairo Sunday as clashes sparked by the perceived failure of Egypt's military rulers to prevent deadly football-linked violence raged...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's...

Olympus Corp's digital camera is seen through a show window which bears rain drops and reflects lights from traffic at an electronic shop in Tokyo December 6,...

1 of 7. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly attend a news conference in New York in this September 8, 2011 file photo. No one thinks gun control is going...

Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman believes the FA had little choice but to strip John Terry of the England captaincy. Chelsea skipper Terry is awaiting trial after denying a...

Snow and freezing temperatures across Europe have claimed more than 200 lives in the past week. Eastern Europe is the worst affected, with a recorded temperature of -38C in Ukraine and the Czech...

Western nations have deplored the vetoing by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria on anti-government protests. The US said the veto was "shameful", while...

At least seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded just outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city, officials said.The blast went off at a parking lot outside the...

A protester splashes milk at the face of a fellow demonstrator to reduce the effects of tear gas fired by security forces during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo on February...

Mitt Romney has taken another step to winning the nomination to be the Republican Party's candidate in November's U.S. presidential election. The former Massachusetts governor has won in...

Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday rejected the notion that Israel supports the continuation of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, saying that the autocratic leader's fall could...

Spray-painted on the taxi and the building was "Death to Arabs," "revenge" and "closed military zone," slogans previously used in so-called 'price tag' attacks...

Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Saturday calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign, prompting the US delegate to react with "disgust" that the...

Forty-five years since its inception, the Israel Ballet has good cause to celebrate. Against all odds its founders Berta Yampolsky and Hillel Markman turned the budding ballet company into a fine...

The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, 18-year ride as the leader of Micron Technology Inc, where stomach-churning...