Italy threatened to allow refugees to cross its borders into neighbouring countries unless the European Union takes charge of a sea operation to manage the flow of migrants crossing in boats from...

A United Nations observer at the trial of two of Muammar Gaddafi's sons in Libya has been detained on suspicion of "black magic".   Ahmed Ghanem, one of a...

Eurovision's 2014 winner, Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst, has been criticised by the Russian Orthodox Church. Vladimir Legoyda, chairman of the church’s information department, told...

More than five centuries after Christopher Columbus’s flagship, the Santa Maria, was wrecked in the Caribbean, archaeological investigators think they may have discovered the vessel’s...

There was shooting incident last night outside Palm City, the upmarket beachside residential compound west of Tripoli, when a gang attacked the Diplomatic Police checkpoint there. One of the...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging bribery case, capping a stunning fall from grace for one of the most powerful...

The Australian government plans to spend 90 million Australian dollars ($84 million) on the search for the missing Malaysian plane.   Australia is leading the search for missing Malaysia...

European Union foreign ministers added 13 people Monday to their visa ban and asset freeze list over Ukraine's crisis but are not expected to decide whether to impose tough economic measures on...

Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and those in Donetskeven asked to join Russia — a day after holding a...

A new video from Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network purports to show dozens of abducted schoolgirls, covered in jihab and praying in Arabic.   It is the first public sight of the...