Slovakia is due to hold a referendum on restrictions on gay rights and the adoption of children by same-sex couples today. Voters will be asked three questions, including whether marriage can...

A hairdresser has been left "raging" after she was landed with an eye-watering £1,200 bill from mobile network EE - for putting smiley faces in her text messages. Paula Cochrane was unaware...

A judge has ruled that a 61-year-old man did nothing illegal when he crouched in a store aisle and snapped photos up a 13-year-old's skirt. It was lewd and appalling, but not outlawed, Judge Eric...

The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, which gives a grittier view of American frontier living than her popular "Little House" series for children, is proving to be a blockbuster...

A 6-year-old boy's mother, grandmother and aunt face charges after authorities said they staged his kidnapping because they believed he was too nice to people and they wanted to teach him about...

UKRAINE DIPLOMACY BERLIN — French President Francois Hollande says all parties pushing for a new peace plan for eastern Ukraine see a cease-fire as the first step but must go further to...

King Abdullah of Jordan has been going viral of late after he vowed to destroy the Daesh - the pejorative Arab term - for the organisation which burnt Jordanian pilot Muath Al Kaseasbeh alive in a...

A purported statement by the Islamic State group claims that an American female hostage has been killed in Jordanian airstrikes on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the group's main...

Canada's highest court has unanimously struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent but suffering and "irremediable" patients. The Supreme Court's decision Friday sweeps...

European Union leaders plan to call next week for tougher border checks to stop foreign fighters, the swift adoption of an air passenger information deal and increased intelligence sharing. A...