2016-02-21

Pope Francis is calling for the abolition of the death penalty around the world. He says the commandment “You shall not kill” is valid for both the

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near the country’s southern town of Zubair. It is not clear how the material

Local favourite Dimitri Peters gave the crowd something to smile about when he downed Cuba’s Jose Armenteros in the under 100 kilo final at the

London Mayer, born in New York, lived in Brussels as a child, BoJo says the decision involved "a huge amount of heartache"

It is feared dozens of people have been killed in a series of explosions in the Syrian city of Homs and the capital, Damascus.

The mounting cycle of violence and scores of deaths across Jerusalem and the West Bank have brought the issue of reasonable force to the fore.

France has been marking the centenary of the World War I Battle of Verdun. A re-enactment of the conflict featured the sound of shellfire. The

Obama and Putin are likely to discuss the terms of the deal in the coming days.

India has deployed thousands of troops to quell protests linked to the country’s caste system of social structure. Many from the Jats

Director Gianfranco Rosi has won the Golden Bear award for the Best Film for his documentary “Fuocoammare” at the 66th Berlinale International Film

Protesters on Saturday (February 20) attacked the offices of Russian banks in Kiev, as Ukraine celebrated the second anniversary of the uprising that

The team from Turkey's state-run news agency were seized by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK in the south-east of the country

Seven people were shot and killed and several others wounded in the US state of Michigan on Saturday night. A suspect was arrested and has been named

A monitoring group says 46 people have been killed in twin explosions in the Syrian town of Homs. The Syria Observatory for Human Rights says at

Humanitarian agencies are warning that Fiji may be facing a potential health crisis after one of the most powerful cyclones on record battered the

A Michigan State Police spokesman said a “strong suspect” is in custody after a gunman shot and killed six people in three separate attacks in

Director Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary “Fuocoammare” or Fire at Sea, about the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, has won the coveted Golden Bear

His campaign for the Republican presidential nomination never got off the ground. And with a distant fourth place finish in South Carolina on

Hillary Clinton took another step along the road to the Democratic nomination for the 2016 US presidential election by winning the Nevada caucuses on

Accused of being heavy-handed, police in eastern Germany have defended their forced removal of asylum seekers from a bus which was surrounded by