Forces loyal to Libya's officially recognised government has carried out air strikes on targets in Misrata today in the first such attacks on the city. Officials and residents said that the...

Twenty-four people have been killed and eight others are missing due to floods and mudslides caused by incessant rain around Sri Lanka over the past week, officials said Sunday. About 106,000...

 A ferry carrying 466 people caught fire in gale-force winds off the Greek island of Corfu early yesterday, forcing authorities to order an evacuation. The fire broke out on the car deck of...

In the third incident connected to Malaysia this year, an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board went missing today while flying over the Java Sea after taking off from a provincial city...

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Ali Agca, the lone Turkish gunman who in May 1981 shot at Pope John Paul II in St Peter's Square, this morning turned up at the Vatican and placed two bunches of roses on the tomb of the Pope. He...

Croatia's piano playing president Ivo Josipovic is tipped to lead the field when voters in the European Union's newest member vote on Sunday, as the country struggles with severe economic...

Snow and icy weather have swept through parts of Britain, stranding drivers and leaving thousands of homes without power. Snow also covered parts of Switzerland and southwestern Germany on...

Morocco has banned cinemas from showing the biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings just one day before the Hollywood blockbuster was due to be screened, media reports said Thursday. It...

Former Belgian Prime Minister Leo Tindemans, whose record support at the first European elections earned him the nickname "Mr Europe", has died aged 92. The Christian Democrat who led two...