Syria has accepted a Russian proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for dismantling, the Syrian foreign minister said today, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity aimed at...

About one in 10 men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman who was not their partner, according to the first large studies of rape and sexual violence. When their wife or girlfriend was...

Tropical Storm Gabrielle has reformed in the Atlantic and is approaching Bermuda.   The storm's maximum sustained winds early today are near 40 mph with some...

The Obama administration is facing criticism over its attempt to straddle the US federal law that makes marijuana illegal and state laws that permit recreational use of the drug.   In the...

Unions representing high school teachers in Greece have voted to hold "long-term" strikes starting on September 16, in protest at public sector staff cuts ordered by the government as part...

An overcrowded bus plunged into a deep river canyon in northwestern Guatemala yesterday, killing at least 44 people commuting to the capital, officials said.   Grieving families...

An Indian court convicted four men today in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a case that set off waves of protests and gave voice to years of anger over the treatment of...

Who says superheroes aren't real?   When a West Virginia home caught fire, trapping a kitten inside, it was Batman and Captain America who came to the rescue.   John Buckland,...

The masseur for a fourth-division Brazilian football team stepped onto the pitch and defended not one but two hard shots on goal.   Tupi missed out on a quarterfinals spot in the...

The Syrian foreign minister has welcomed Russia’s call for Syria to put chemical weapons under international control.   The statement from Walid al-Moallem came a few hours after US...