Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australia's new prime minister on Wednesday and promised immediate action to slow the stream of asylum seekers arriving by boats from Indonesia and to repeal an...

A deadly shooting in the heart of Washington has reignited the national debate about gun control, but it's uncertain whether Monday's tragedy will revive action in Congress that failed against...

The gunman who killed 12 people before being shot dead by police in a military complex in the heart of Washington on Monday has been described as a young man with an interest in Buddhism and flashes...

A northern Spanish town has started a search for a person who bought a lottery ticket that won 4.7 million euros ($6.3 million) but left the coupon behind in a lottery office.   The ticket...

Although the IPCC is not perfect – it famously predicted that all Himalayan glaciers would be gone in 2035, when the more likely year is 2350 – its many experts generally give us the best...

Aaron Alexis seems a study in contradictions: a former Navy reservist, a Defense Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism who was taking an online course in aeronautics. But he also had flashes of...

Updates story first uploaded at 6.30pm Monday   A defence-industry employee used his pass to get into the Washington Navy Yard and went on a deadly shooting rampage Monday, spraying...

An adult film trade group will lift its second production moratorium of the past month, saying that an HIV scare has passed.   The Free Speech Coalition announced Monday that the two-week...

The European Union's newest member, Croatia, is facing imminent EU sanctions over a new law banning extradition of suspected criminals.   Such sanctions could involve suspending EU funds...

Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners sought Monday to rally their voters after suffering a serious state vote defeat over the weekend with national elections now only days...