South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments...

HMS Ark Royal, formerly Britain's flagship aircraft carrier, sailed out of its home port on Monday to be scrapped in Turkey.

Disney said on Monday it will produce a new "Star Wars" animated series to air on television...

An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector...

Pre-race favorite Bradley Wiggins and defending champion Ryder Hesjedal pull out from the Giro d’Italia...

The UN Security Council is considering a plea from senior UN aid officials to demand humanitarian corridors in war-torn Syria.

Gunmen have abducted the father of Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Muqdad, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said .

The Afghan parliament cut short a debate on a bill that bans violence against women, child marriage and forced marriages fter complaints from conservative MPs.

Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities...

Jorge Rafael Videla, the former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of the 'dirty war' dictatorship died in his cell at age 87.

Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's presidential election...

British broadcaster BBC has revealed that it has been shown evidence apparently...

Qatar, which has taken a lead in arming the Syrian opposition, is coordinating with the CIA and has tightened...

The Free Syrian Army pledged Wednesday to punish atrocities amid outrage over a video...

Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed yet again, UN diplomats said.

The UN General Assembly condemned the Syrian government's 'escalation' of the country's war and backed the role of the opposition coalition in transition talks.

Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali wears the pink jersey of the overall leader as he celebrates on the podium...

More than 94,000 people have been killed in more than two years of conflict in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a newly-revised toll.

British scientists say they have developed a new type of wheat which could increase productivity...

Britain's disgraced former energy minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife were both freed from prison...