Kremlin's multibillion-dollar military supply deal gets green light days after PM Nuri al-Maliki returned empty-handed from Washington visit.
Drug peddling, gang fights and staggering number of murders make up seamier side of Goa.
Cave drawings made by hunter gatherers 4,000 to 10,000 years ago have been discovered in forests in Brazil.
Chenais stranded in Chicago after getting treatment for hormone disorder that led him to put on weight.
Collapse of infrastructure in Syrian civil war has deadly implications for European populations.
Typhoon Haiyan batters Philippines as 12 million people remain in path of destruction.
Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda batters Philippines with sustained winds of up to 235km/h and threatens to turn into world's most powerful tropical cyclone.
London Symphony Orchestra conductor condemned by gay rights protesters as 'friend of Putin'.
Thousands of people evacuate villages in central Philippines ahead of one strongest typhoons of 2013.
Loans harmed endangered orangutan and gibbon populations, claims Environmental Investigation Agency.
Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, to hit southeast Asian island nation imminently.
Former SS Captain responsible for Ardeatine Caves massacre secretly buried inside Italian prison.
Militant who ordered death of Malala Yousafzai is new Tehreek-e-Taliban chief - for how long before a CIA drone strike kills him?
Israel denies involvement in Arafat's death after scientists conclude he was 'most probably' deliberately poisoned.
Crystal Greer Brooks denies hitting Santiago Hernandez three times with truck.
Economy slowdown is elephant in the room at Beijing's political gathering, says Dr Reza Hasmath.
Warthog snatched from the jaws of a pack of wild dogs by a crocodile.
Occupy Paedophilia: Student lured by vigilantes, forced to imitate sex acts and has his head slammed into a watermelon
Anonymous authors now in their 80s and 90s reveal secrets of their sex contract relationship.
Victim of alleged 'rape group' claims police asked why she wore skirt night she was attacked.
As super storm Yolanda nears landfall, here are some essential tips to keep in mind.
Rebel general Sultani Makenga among Congolese rebels to lay down arms to end 18-month uprising.
Poker player turned political forecaster got 50 states right in US 2012 presidential elections.
The maximum number of paedophiles were identified in the United States, followed by UK and India.
A new report has laid bare the reality of Dell's supply chain, and now the British government must take action.
Sida was beaten to death with a bowling ball in the back garden of a house in Fort Worth in June.
Pontiff embraced man affected by neurofibromatosis in the Vatican in St Peter's Square.
The strongest and the most dangerous storm of the year will make landfall on Philippine coast on Friday, packing winds far more powerful than super typhoon Pablo that killed 1,000 people.
Parliament will gather evidence from chiefs of electronic eavesdropping agency GCHQ, domestic security service MI5, and foreign Secret Intelligence Service MI6.
PLA Unit 61398 had stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from organisations mostly in the US, Canada and Britain.