The head and founder of France's Servier laboratories went on trial on Tuesday (May 21) accused of misleading patients and authorities about a diabetes pill 'Mediator' often prescribed for weight loss..
Residents of Russia's Orekhovo-Zuyevo near Moscow reacted in shock on Tuesday (May 21) to a police shootout that Russian security services said was the successful thwarting of a potential terrorist at..
A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday (May 20), ripping up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage.
Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev said as he went on trial on Monday (May 20) that he didn't think he was guilty in a televised punch-up with another Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky.
North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday (May 20), making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticising what it calls legitimate military drills.