A sniper who was famously filmed urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in 2011 has mysteriously been found dead in his North Carolina home.   Former Marine Corporal Robert Richards,...

Pope Francis has conducted a large open-air Mass to beatify 124 of South Korea's first Catholics at a ceremony in the capital Seoul on Saturday.   He paid tribute to the Koreans, who...

EU producers of cauliflowers, cucumbers, mushrooms, peppers, and tomatoes are likely to be next in line for European Commission help in response to the Russia food ban.   A commission...

A man has died after more than 30 people - including children - were found in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks in Essex, police say.   Two people have been taken to hospital while...

The military leader of pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Igor Girkin - known as Strelkov - has resigned.   Alexander Borodai, the former PM of the self-declared...

 European Union foreign ministers are to meet tomorrow Friday to discuss the crisis in Iraq, the office of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said, after key member states called for bolder...

North Korea fired five short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast yesterday, just as Pope Francis arrived in Seoul for a five-day visit.   The launches began at 9.30am at a site...

Police are searching a Berkshire property belonging to Sir Cliff Richard in relation to an alleged historical sex offence.   No arrests have been made and Sir Cliff, 73, who is abroad, said...

Heavy shelling has hit the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk, amid a continuing row over a controversial Russian aid convoy.   People poured out of offices in the city centre after an...

At a time when the aviation industry is reeling under a slew of mishaps, emergency landings and technical snags, a Brussels-bound Jet Airways plane plunged 5000 feet in the Ankara airspace over...