Francois Hollande Vows Retaliation for 'Death' of French Hostage Philippe Verdon in Mali
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb abducted Verdon and Serge Lazarevic in November 2011
Man City Fans Get Chance to Sign Nelson Mandela's Giant Birthday Card
Giant card on display at Nelson Mandela Football Invitational games in Pretoria and Durban.
Pope Francis Takes on Paedophiles and Whistleblowers with New Vatican Laws
Holy See has reformed its 124-year-old criminal code to face scandals and comply with international treaties.
Egypt F-16 Fighter Jet Shipment Gets Green Light from US
Washington proceeds with $1.3bn aid package, including Lockheed Martin's jets, to Cairo.
San Francisco Plane Crash 911 Calls: 'A Woman is Dying, But No Ambulances Are Coming'
Newly released distress calls reveal chronic shortage of emergency staff in immediate aftermath of crash.
Saudi Princess Meshael Alayban Arrested For Cleaning Lady Human Trafficking in California
Orange County prosecutors say Alayban forced a Kenyan woman to work as a domestic servant.
Italy's Political Chaos: Berlusconi Hijacks Parliament over Tax Fraud Legal Troubles
Parliament halts work after judges bring Mediaset case forward to avoid legal time limit on hearing.
San Francisco Plane Crash: Miracle Escape for Flight Attendants
Asiana Airlines crew thrown to safety on runway as South Korea reviews all airline safety standards.
Australian Police Called to 'Burglary' by 19ft Python with ‘Head as Big as a Dog’ [PHOTOS]
Ingham officers called out to a break-in discover damage caused by snake that fell through charity store roof.
China: Landslide Buries 40 in Flooded Sichuan [PHOTOS]
Heavy rains destroyed more than 5,000 houses in Sichuan and neighbouring Yunnan.
Egyptian Photographer Ahmed Samir Assem 'Films Own Death During Army Massacre' [VIDEO]
Assem was killed in Cairo reporting on protests for Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood-lining Al-Horia Wa Al-Adala newspaper.
Rome under Fire over ‘Abduction’ of Kazakh Dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov's Wife and Daughter
Lawmakers demand resignation of interior minister Angelino Alfano for deporting Alma Salabayeva and daughter Aula.
Turkish Man Cages His Head to Quit Smoking [VIDEO]
Ibrahim Yucel from Kutahya takes extreme measures to quit smoking after father dies of lung cancer.
Beirut: Ramadan Car Bomb Targets Hezbollah’s Shiite Stronghold [VIDEO]
Shiite militants backing regime of Bashar al-Assad against rebels in Syria.
Costa Concordia Trial: Francesco Schettino Hearing Delayed by Lawyers' Strike
Trial of 'Captain Coward' adjourned in Grosseto after his defence team refuses to work
Nicolas Sarkozy's Political Comeback Hints at Return to Presidential Fray
Former president given star treatment by party faithful at special UMP meeting to discuss bankruptcy threat.
Edward Snowden: GCHQ's Tempora Snooping Programme Mines All Online Data
NSA whistleblower claims British surveillance more intrusive than US Prism programme.
Pope Francis Visits Migrant Island to Lament 'Globalisation of Indifference'
Pontiff Jorge Mario Bergoglio in first-ever pastoral visit to Italy's southern island of Lampedusa.
San Francisco Plane Crash: Fury over TV Host's 'Lucky Victims Were Chinese' Remark
Chinese teenage students Wang Linjia and Ye Mengyuan died in Asiana Airlines crash-landing.
Wife of John Kerry, Heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, Critically Ill in Hospital
US secretary of state John Kerry with wife on Nantucket Island when she fell ill.
NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Adds Six Countries to Asylum Shopping List
Fugitive refuses to name countries to dodge US pressure on them in extradition fight.
Gerard Depardieu Snubs Georgia with Breakaway Abkhazia Visit
French Academy Award winner ignores international protocol and Georgian law for sitdown with separatist leaders.
NSA Whistleblower: Latin America Backs Bolivia over Forced Landing of Presidential Jet
Evo Morales vows to close US embassy in La Paz and says European apologies are not enough.
Egypt Coup: State of Emergency in Suez and Sinai after Islamist Attack on Troops [VIDEO]
Gaza Strip border closed after soldier killed in Rafah while grenade attack is launched against el-Arish airport.
Nicolas Sarkozy Enraged at Top Court's €11m Rebate Reduction
Former French president quits Constitutional Council for refusing full electoral campaign costs rebate.
Vatican Budget: Economic Crisis Touches Worshippers - But Not the Holy See
Donations drop but profits still delivered, says Vatican 2012 financial statement.
Egypt Morsi Coup: Who are Adli Mansour and Abdul Fattah al-Sisi?
Interim president and army chief to play pivotal role in post-Muslim Brotherhood Egypt.
France's Prism: 'Secret Service Monitors All French Emails and Phone Calls'
Le Monde newspaper investigation unearths huge scale of internal snooping directed secret service in Paris.
Egypt in Chaos: Army Tightens Control Over Cairo
President Mohamed Morsi's compound is fenced with barbed wire by army in Egyptian capital
Egypt in Chaos: Morsi Allies Denounce Military Coup as Army Deadline Expires [PHOTOS]
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators swarm into Cairo's Tahrir Square to demand Morsi resignation.
