US House speaker John Boehner cancelled earlier vote to please Republican hard-right, triggering bipartisan outrage
Executive with Chinese oil giant 'blackmailed into pushing for contract to go to Silicon Valley instruments firm'.
China’s Guangdong province local party propaganda chief Tuo Zhen allegedly dramatically changed the sense of a new year editorial.
Animal rights activist to ask for Russian citizenship if France kills two circus elephants.
Xi Jinping launches anti-decadence measures to win back favour of Chinese people.
Publisher said it has corrected editorial error in popular ELT textbook.
California porn industry expected to migrate to UK following ban on unprotected sex scenes.
Engineer charged with carrying out intelligence work for Israel.
Fire breaks out at rescue home reported to have taken in hundreds of stray children over the years.
Militant wing allows more moderate rival to hold Gaza celebration for first time in five years.
Organisers had hoped for world record with mass rendition of 1971 classic in Darjeeling.
Explosion takes place in Alwaite-majority Damascus neighbourhood.
The brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in New Delhi has opened a can of worms for the Indian government
Newspaper buys space in Buenos Aires Herald to respond to Kirchner's demand for return of Falklands.
Plastic banned in Vatican by Bank of Italy over transparency and money-laundering concerns.
Vice-president rules out transition in Venezuela as speculations grow on Chavez's health condition.
Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project top award won by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev.
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu under threat from outsider Naftali Bennett and Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party, according to poll.
Tighter security measures greet pupils returning to school where gunman Adam Lanza killed 26.
Retired general was highest ranking military official during 1997 coup that overthrew Islamist government.
Juvenile would serve no more than three years - despite claims of excessive savagery.
Tributes paid after one of world's most experienced mountaineers dies in freak accident.
President criticised neo-Nazis in New Year's Day message to the nation.
French actor has criticised Francois Hollande’s decision to tax super-rich 75 per cent.
Schoolgirl Rebecca Bernardo hopes to raise cash through virginity auction for mother's medical bills
Police managed to shoot and injure gunman before he began firing at officers.
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner open letter to David Cameron calling on him to relinquish British control.
Five of six suspects could face execution on charges of gang rape, murder, kidnap, assault and robbery.
Schmidt will be the first high-profile US executive to visit Pyongyang in recent times.
The acquisition of Current TV will put Al Jazeera in to direct competition with other US television giants like Fox, MSNBC and CNN.