Million-dollar reward for Malta Lockerbie witness was unfair to Libyan accused
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi may have been victim of miscarriage of justice and his family can appeal his conviction over Pan-Am bombing, Scottish Criminal Cases Review...
Coronavirus: Death toll in Italy increases by 168 in one day
Number of dead due to Covid-19 in Italy shoots up by 168 to reach 631 on Tuesday, a 36% increase over yesterday
Indian woman gang raped by two gangs

Police say 21-year-old woman abducted and raped before being gang raped by second group

Police say 21-year-old woman abducted and raped before...

Ukraine activist Chornovol’s beating causes outrage

Opposition politicians in Ukraine have expressed indignation at the beating of...

Opposition politicians in Ukraine have expressed...

Pope Francis urges aid access to Syria in Christmas speech

Pope Francis has used his first Christmas Day address to urge access for...

Pope Francis has used his first Christmas Day address to...

Defiant Turkish PM Erdogan in major reshuffle

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle after...

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major...

Cairo bomb explosion injures five civilians

Bomb blast comes a day after military-backed government declared the Muslim...

Bomb blast comes a day after military-backed government...

Third scientific report says Yasser Arafat died of natural causes

Russian forensic scientists rejects radiation poisoning theory and says...

Russian forensic scientists rejects radiation poisoning...

Apple sign major deal with China Mobile

China is the world's largest smartphone market

China is the world's largest smartphone market

Canada battered by winter storm

400,000 people left without electricity

400,000 people left without electricity

Pussy Riot member freed in Russia

Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk bank Pussy Riot, has been freed early from prison under an amnesty, her lawyer says.

Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk bank Pussy Riot,...

'Atmosphere of fear' in South Sudan

A UN official in South Sudan describes an atmosphere of fear and desperation as violence escalates in different parts of the country.

A UN official in South Sudan describes an atmosphere of...

Syrian air raids kill dozens

Schools closed in opposition-held parts of Aleppo to avoid more casualties.

Schools closed in opposition-held parts of Aleppo to avoid...

BA plane wing clips airport building

Four passengers injured as plane’s right wing strikes airport office building

Four passengers injured as plane’s right wing strikes...

UN approves more South Sudan peacekeepers

Thousands have been killed in the week-long conflicts, says the UN.

Thousands have been killed in the week-long conflicts, says...

Two rockets land in US embassy Kabul compound

No one was injured in attack claimed by the Taliban, a statement from the...

No one was injured in attack claimed by the Taliban, a...

Britain and France hit by deadly storms

Hurricane-force winds and torrential rain cause transport chaos amid Christmas rush.

Hurricane-force winds and torrential rain cause transport...

Christians targeted by Baghdad bomb

Churches have been targeted across the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Churches have been targeted across the country since the...

Brazil president pledges aid after deadly floods

An estimated 50,000 people forced to flee their homes.

An estimated 50,000 people forced to flee their homes.

Guinness World Record for heart transplant patient

A British man has entered the record books as the worlds longest-surviving...

A British man has entered the record books as the worlds...