Claims by Omar Al-Hassi, the Libya-Dawn supported "prime minister" in Tripoli, that a British military delegation recently paid a three-day visit to the capital have been rubbished by the British...

One of eight new planets spied in distant solar systems has usurped the title of "most Earth-like alien world", astronomers have said. All eight were picked out by Nasa's Kepler space telescope,...

At least two gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing a number of people, French media report. Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office...

A female suicide bomber has blown herself up in the Turkish city of Istanbul, injuring two police officers, the city governor says. She hit a police station in the tourist hub of Sultanahmet....

3600 refugees from third countries will be returned to Bulgaria from other states in the European Union, the government in Sofia announced Monday. In recent years, Bulgaria...

Cameron Diaz is officially off the market after tying the knot with rock star Benji Madden at their Beverly Hills mansion on Monday evening. The Annie actress, 42, and former Good Charlotte star...

A record 18,000 people marched on the streets of Dresden on Monday against what they call the Islamisation of Europe, but counter-protests outnumbered them all over Germany. Launched in October,...

Firefighters in Southern California responded to an unusual call over the weekend at the home of a man who awoke to find his ex-girlfriend naked and stuck inside the...

The Maltese Foreign Ministry today renewed its advice against all travel to Libya. In a statement, the ministry said that in view of the recent escalation in the intensity of military activity in...

The euro slid to a nine-year low against the dollar as investors predicted the European Central Bank may act to stimulate the economy. The euro fell by 1.2% against the dollar to $1.1864, marking...