Occupy Wall Street protesters have won a key victory over New York law enforcement, stalling the city officials plans to evict them from Zuccotti Park.
Hollywood actress Hilary Swank has said she ‘regrets’ partying with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and was unaware of allegations of human rights abuses against the autocrat. But she is not alone.
With the Occupy movement set to go global Saturday, tensions between protesters and police have reached a critical point in Denver, with riot police issuing a "final warning" for the protesters to disperse. Meanwhile, thousands gathered before dawn at the original Occupy Wall Street site in New York to resist a threatened eviction.
Police in Cannes have arrested four men on suspicion of swindling casinos out of hundreds of thousands of Euros as part of an organised gang.
New York police are attempting to forcibly evict Occupy Wall Street protesters just days before the protest was set to become a world revolution.
Liberia is to release a first batch of official results on Thursday from its hotly contested presidential election.
One year ago today, the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who had been trapped nearly half a mile underground for 69 days began. Immediately after the daring rescue from the San Jose mine, fame and admiration were thrust upon the "Los 33" as the story of their horrific ordeal and survival became worldwide news.
Alongside reports that the movement has collected $150,000 in private donations, Occupy Wall Street and the host of groups associated with it has put out a global call-to-arms, asking all like-minded individuals to join it on 15 October, turning a host of isolated protests into a "world revolution."
Paris prosecutors have dropped charges of attempted rape brought against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Khan by French journalist Tristane Banon.
Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media have said.
Berlusconi has asked parliament for a confidence vote that will allow him to continue leading the centre-right coalition amid concerns for his political future.
Unconfirmed reports in the Egyptian press have said Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has already been handed over the Egyptian authorities, amid speculation as to the captive's whereabouts.
Mitt Romney currently leads the field vying for the Republican presidential nomination as Barack Obama faces deep disappointment from voters, a new poll suggests.
Unconfirmed reports that one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons has been captured in Sirte have caused confusion after a Libyan spokesman said that there was no information that Mutassim Gaddafi had been seized.
A gunman opened fire at a busy hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, leaving eight people dead and another critically wounded.
With the Occupy the London Stock Exchange protest set to begin on Saturday, critics have begun to question whether, given its recent track record with the student protests and August riots, UK police forces will be able to handle another protest.
In a press conference on Wednesday Egyptian military leaders delivered their official version of Sunday's events, which has been widely discredited by journalist, witnesses and activists at the scene.
An Israeli Cabinet Minister who voted against the historic prisoner swap deal with Hamas denounced on Wednesday the agreement as a "huge victory for terror".
The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S bound passenger plane on Christmas Day 2009 with a bomb in his underwear has pleaded guilty to all charges.
Staggering around covered in fake blood, eating bank notes and uttering gutteral moans on the state of the economy, demonstrators dressed as "corporate zombies" are making a stand against Wall Street bankers.
The U.S. has vowed to put increasing pressure on the Islamic state as Iran continues to strongly deny accusations of its involvement in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
Perhaps the most famous prisoner in the Middle East, Gilad Shalit (or rather, the campaign for his release) has proved a powerful rallying point for Israeli's over the past five years. But the young soldier has also been used as a political pawn by the Israeli government to justify their blockade of the Gaza strip.
As the situation deteriorated in the Bay of Plenty, with bad weather, winds of up to 30 knots and strong tides causing the run-aground tanker to roll over and spill its cargo into the sea, the ship's captain also found himself in deep water.
The news that Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will soon be released after five years being held captive by militant Palestinians has provoked strong reactions across the world. Here we take a look at the way the story has been covered in the U.S., the U.K., and the Middle East.
Following the exposure of an alleged Iranian terror plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S., the State Department has warned of the potential for terrorist attacks against U.S. interests.
Egypt's finance minister resigned on Tuesday, becoming the first high-level official to leave in the aftermath of the deadly clashes that emerged between Coptic Christian and Muslim demonstrators and military forces, with many accusing the military council of being responsible of what has been called in the Egyptian press the "Maspero massacre."
With India's population greater than that of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined, the Roman Catholic church has urged the devout to increase the numbers of Christians in the country.
Bad weather and rain did not prevent Liberians from lining up to vote Tuesday in national presidential elections, marking the second time Liberians have voted since the end of a 14-year civil war, with current President and Nobel Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf facing as a main competitor football star George Weah.
The al-Assad dynasty ruling Syria can be compared to classic gangster trilogy The Godfather, according to David Lesch, the President's biographer.
Burma's tightly controlled state media has announced that the government is set to release more than 6,000 prisoners, showing the authorities hope the international sanctions that have isolated the country could in return soon be alleviated.
