A priest who was kidnapped in Mexico's south-western state of Guerrero on Monday has been found shot dead, officials say. The body of Father Gregorio Lopez was discovered near the city of Ciudad...

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Sony Pictures comedy "The Interview" grossed more than $1 million in limited release at the U.S. box office on Dec. 25, the studio said on Friday. The $44 million film was pulled from wide...

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have exchanged scores of prisoners with the Ukrainian government near the rebel-held city of Donetsk. The rebels handed over 150 soldiers in exchange for at...

The Conservative Party will try to overturn the ban on fox hunting if elected in next year's general election, it has emerged. David Cameron, who was an enthusiastic supporter of his local...

Memorial services are being held in Indonesia and other nations for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the 10th anniversary of the disaster. In Indonesia's province of Aceh - the...

Unemployment in France reached a record high of 3.488 million people in November, data released on Wednesday shows. The figures mark an increase of 27,400 jobless compared to the previous month...

Sony's online PlayStation store and Microsoft's Xbox Live network have been disrupted over Christmas in what is thought to have been a cyber-attack on the companies. The network...

A bare-breasted member of Femen tried to snatch the Baby Jesus from the crib in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Christmas Day when the Pope was speaking to the huge crowd gathered for his...

The Italian Navy has been carrying out four separate migrant rescue operations in the Sicily Channel, with the help of the Italian Navy ships Borsini, Driade and Etna together with merchant ships...