Pope Francis has launched a scathing attack on the global economic system, warning it is near collapse because of a 'throwaway culture' of greed and the 'atrocity' of youth...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to take up arms and defend the nation regardless of which sect they belong to in a tough address to army officers broadcast on state...

A lightning strike has caused disruption and delays to hundreds of passengers at Gatwick Airport.   A spokeswoman said the strike, which happened overnight, led to a power dip in the area...

Israeli security forces searched the West Bank for a second day on Saturday, looking for three missing teenagers, including an American, who they fear have been abducted by Palestinian...

Leaders of the main political groups in the European Parliament on Thursday  told EU council chief Herman Van Rompuy to nominate Jean-Claude Juncker as the next EU commission president or face an...

Renowned pop-star-turned soprano and businesswoman Sarah Brightman is reportedly set to pay £30 million for a 10-day stay on board the International Space Station next...

Actress Angelina Jolie has been made an honorary dame in a Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to UK foreign policy and campaigning to end sexual violence in war...

The United States and Iran are moving rapidly to defend Iraq from rampaging Sunni Islamist insurgents, with Washington urgently considering air strikes on the jihadi militants and Tehran...

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Saturday that pro-Russian separatists shot down a large military transport plane in the country's unsettled east and that service personnel aboard were...

President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for countering a violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned government leaders in Baghdad that he would not take military...