Masked gunmen in northern Libya have kidnapped 13 Coptic Christian workers from Egypt, just a week after seven others were abducted. Eyewitnesses in the city of Sirte said suspected Islamist...

E-books and downloaded music are among products set to become more expensive under new EU sales tax rules which entered into force on New Years' Day. VAT on digital products such as ebooks, music...

Here's the latest news for Friday, January 2nd: U.S. imposes fresh sanctions against North Korea, Jury selection nears in Boston Marathon Bombing trial; More bodies recovered in AirAsia 8501 disaster;...

Even by the lacklustre standards of the Italian public service, it was a flagrant display of absenteeism - 83 per cent of Rome's police officers called in sick on New Year's Eve, as more than half a...

A woman who claims that an American investment banker loaned her to rich and powerful friends as an underage "sex slave" has alleged in a US court document that she was repeatedly forced to have...

The AirAsia jet that crashed into the Java Sea rose so high so fast and was thrust so violently into the water that it 'bordered on the edge of logic', a crash expert said today. Aviation...

A plane with 28 passengers on board has made an emergency landing after one of its engines caught fire. Firefighters were called to London Southend Airport at about 8.45am. The Blue Islands...

Ukrainian nationalists have marched through Kiev to honour the World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera. At the rally far-right leader Oleh Tyahnybok, who heads the Svoboda party, urged...

Most types of cancer can be put down to bad luck rather than risk factors such as smoking, a study has suggested. A US team were trying to explain why some tissues were millions of times more...

The Italian Air Force is rescuing hundreds of migrants stranded on a cargo ship apparently abandoned in rough seas by smugglers in the Mediterranean. The Air Force said late Thursday...