Two Saudi women activists have been detained for nearly a week for defying the kingdom's ban on women driving, family members and an activist said today. The women, who were arrested after...

Mario Goetze's World Cup-winning left shoe has fetched a donation of €2 million at a children's charity gala in Germany and is headed for a museum. The Bayern Munich player scored Germany's...

This cat had two faces - but only nine lives. A feline named Frank and Louie after he was born with two faces, two mouths, two noses and three blue eyes has died at the age of 15. The Telegram of...

Authorities say a protest in California turned violent when masked demonstrators smashed windows and threw objects at police. Demonstrations around the country continued over a New York City grand...

Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power in entire coastal provinces, mowed down trees and sent more than 650,000 people into shelters before it weakened yesterday, sparing the central Philippines a...

Belgium's former queen Fabiola has died aged 86, the royal palace has said. Born Fabiola de Mora y Aragon in Madrid, she was the widow of King Baudouin and reigned as queen consort from 1960...

A Swiss hostage kidnapped nearly three years ago by the Abu Sayyaf Islamist group has escaped his captors in the Philippines, military officials say. Lorenzo Vinciguerra fled as government troops...

UK-born US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid. Today's operation was carried out by joint US...

A book that has just been published in Italy claims that the bomb at the Bologna train station was linked to Malta signing a treaty with Italy. It says: "In the spring of 1980, Italy started to...

Los Angeles police opened an investigation on Friday into a woman's claims that Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old, a department spokeswoman said. The investigation was opened...