Tareque Masud, 54, one of Bangladesh's few internationally-recognised film directors, was killed this weekend in a car crash, near Dhaka, his country's capital city
What to do when the man behind one of the largest genocides in the history of the world refuses to stop his murderous campaign?
Just over a week after the first signs of violence emerged in London, Prime Minister David Cameron gave yet another speech about the riots, once again looking for the causes and explaining how the government will handle the aftermath.
After more than two hundred years of British rule, India regained its independence on Aug. 15, 1947.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was carried on a stretcher into a Cairo court Monday for his second appearance on murder and corruption allegations related to his rule.
Chinese media issue another withering assessment.
After more than six months of conflict could Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's rule come to an end? In his latest speech, he called on his supporters to prepare for "the fight," s news that the rebels gained control over the towns of Sorman, located in the west of Tripoli and Garyan to the south.
All those convicted of taking part in last week's riots from of looting or public order offences will be banned from shops in Manchester city centre for two years, the M.E.N reports.
A strong gust of wind caused a deadly stage collapse in Indiana, killing five people.
After months of unrest and violence, the international community, which supported Allassane Ouattara, hoped the new Ivory Coast government would be able to restore calm and stability, but the United Nations (UN) have warned 26 people have been executed in just one month.
Director Kathryn Bigelow has yet to create the story and cast on her movie about the capture of Osama bin Laden but the project is already stirring up controversy.
Estonian authorities said they have identified the gunman who attacked the defence ministry headquarters and took hostages on Thursday and died while the two captives escaped uninjured.
A Bob Marley song will feature in the new Save the Children campaign to help raise money for the young people suffering from famine and malnutrition in the Horn of Africa.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced the U.S. government will provide additional 17 million dollars in humanitarian aid to the Horn of Africa region, of which 12 million dollars go to Somalia.
Grazia has admitted that it slimmed down the waist of the Duchess of Cambridge by digitally altering a controversial cover picture of her in her Alexander McQueen wedding dress.
The U.S. military lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic test aircraft shortly after its launch, defence officials have revealed.
Charla Nash, 57, revealed her new face in her hospital bed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, which appears dramatically different with a new nose, lips and facial skin.
The Pakistani Taliban group has claimed responsibility for a rare female suicide attack and another bombing against police to "avenge" military operations in the lawless tribal belt on Friday.
A gunman who attacked the Estonian Defense Ministry in Tallinn has died, police say.
The Statue of Liberty will be closed for a year due to repairs, although the island on which it stands will remain accessible, officials said.
The Obama administration is hardening its position against the Assad regime and has announced new sanctions, in an attempt to increase pressure on the leader and his government's brutal repression of the opposition.
A film project focusing on the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is already causing controversy after Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, demanded an inquiry after learning of the Pentagon's collaboration with Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow.
Following China's transformation of a former Soviet heavy aircraft-carrying warship called the Varyag for $20m, The U.S. have expressed concern of the Asian giant's new found interest in aircraft caries and have called for more transparency.
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Skywatchers were today given advice on how to enjoy this year's display of Perseid meteors despite a full moon.
New Reports that the Syrian Army has been targeting a Mosque, while Ramadan, considered as a holy month in Islam is underway, in the city of Deir al Zour have surfaced.
Eight people were killed and 37 others were injured, in two bomb attacks in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar earlier Thursday morning, according local Urdu TV channel Geo reported.
Amy Winehouse's home in Camden, North London has allegedly been targeted by thieves.
North Korea has hit back at South Korea's claim it started an artillery exchange on Wednesday, claiming instead that the South must have mistook construction noise for shelling.
Sangat TV, a four-man operation in a makeshift newsroom in Edgbaston, Birmingham, has been highly praised for their relentless reporting of the Birmingham riots using just a minimum of equipment.