July 20, 1969 Apollo 11’s lunar landing craft, Eagle, lands on the moon’s Sea of Tranquillity at 16:17 EDT (20:17GMT). Putting man on the moon by the

It has been confirmed that the President of Chile some four decades ago died by suicide. Chile’s independent judiciary ruled out theories that

Parliament in Paris has paid tribute to five French soldiers killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, in the northeastern province of Kapisa.

A large, powerful typhoon is sweeping over the ocean off Shikoku in Western Japan, bringing record rainfall to Kochi Prefecture. The Meteorological

A new plan out of the United States Senate is raising hopes the country can avert the potential disaster of running out of money to pay its bills —

Defending champion Alberto Contador relaunched his yellow jersey bid with an unexpected attack on the 16th stage of the race, won by Norway’s Thor

Reigning European champions Barcelona returned to preseason training on Monday and according to reports, the Catalans are ready to fight to bring

Workers on Istanbul’s new metro system, the Marmoray project, have unearthed a more ancient form of transport. They have discovered an intact wreck

US authorities have arrested 16 people for cyber crimes including an online attack on eBay’s PayPal website. It was allegedly carried out by the

The UN is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia signalling donors need to provide more aid. The organisation’s food agency is to host

France has condemned Iran after is said it was installing new nuclear centrifuges. Paris says the new machines undermine Tehran’s claims it wants

The drama that was acted out in a parliamentary committee room in Westminster attracted journalists from all over the world. But did media mogul

NATO’s gradual handover of security to Afghan control has continued with a ceremony in Mehterlam in the province of Laghman. It is one of seven

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned against having too high expectations of Thursday’s Eurozone summit. While financial markets want a second