The leader of the Hezbollah movement in Lebanon has admitted that it sent a drone into Israel that was subsequently shot down by the Israeli air

US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says that despite constant threats against the United States a 9/11-type assault is “virtually

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong, unilaterally stripped of his titles and banned for life from racing in August, has finally heard the many charges

The United States anti-doping agency’s (USADA) damning report on the case of Lance Armstrong and his former US Postal team continues to send

Turkey’s prime minister has said the Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Turkey was carrying Russian-made military equipment bound for the

Turkey has denied the allegations that it mistreated passengers on board a Syrian aircraft suspected of carrying military equipments. Speaking to

A Pakistani schoolgirl fighting for her life after being shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen has been transferred to a specialist hospital in

The collapse of talks to form a 35-billion euro marriage between EADS and BAE Sytems has shifted focus away from mega-mergers and onto smaller deals

A Spanish galleon dating back to the 18th century has been discovered by Italian authorities off the coast of Messina, in the southern region of

Two men have been arrested in Dublin after more than 30 puppies were found stuffed into boxes in the back of two cars. It’s suspected they were bred

Egypt has opened the Khefren Pyramid, the second largest in the country, after almost three years of restoration work. The ministry of Antiquity aims

The only daughter of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Lisa Marie Presley has released her third album, Storm and Grace, a raw, powerful country disc that

Stars from television and the other sectors of the entertainment world came to Cannes for one of the world’s most important TV markets. MIPCOM is

Burberry had its best trading day in more than three years on Thursday in London. The share price of the UK’s largest luxury-goods maker surged by

One in four people in Greece are now out of work with unemployment running at a rampant 25 per cent with things likely to get worse. The jobless

Turkey’s government insists it had every right to intercept a Syrian passenger plane, forced to land in Ankara on its way from Moscow to

Syria has alleged the Turkish action against the Damascus-bound passenger jet violated international laws. Speaking to the media at the country’s

Chinese writer Mo Yan has won this year’s Nobel prize for Literature. The man himself, who’s pen name means “Don’t speak” is said to have been

Spain came under renewed pressure to formally ask for a financial bailout after a ratings agency cut the country’s credit worthiness to one point

The fiesta is over. In 2013, the Spanish ministry of education will slash 60% from its contribution to Erasmus financial aid for Spanish recipients

The International Cycling Union says it will react as soon as possible to the US Anti-Doping Agency’s (USADA) report accusing Lance Armstrong of

A man in London narrowly escaped the antlers of an angry stag. The stag pursued him after he wandered too close to the herd in a west London park

These puppies were found stuffed in boxes in the back of two cars in Ireland. The authorities suspect they were bred illegally on a puppy farm and

The amount of time that children spend in front of screens – be they televisions, computers, games consoles or mobile phones – should be cut to stave

A Danish company has developed a series of machines that can quite literally see the unseen. Joergen Rheinlaender, the Director at InnospeXion

The Chinese electronics giant Lenovo became the world’s biggest manufacturer of PCs in the third quarter knocking the American Hewlett Packard off

Conservative South Korean activists slashed and burnt a North Korean flag and a photo of leader Kim Jong-un, urging the North not to intervene in

France is to press terrorism charges against seven suspected Islamic militants over a series of attacks on Jewish targets. They were among a dozen

Russia has demanded an explanation from Turkish authorities about why they forced a Syrian passenger jet to land in Ankara. Officials suspected the