Iran will strike back at any location from where attacks against it are mounted, Fars news agency quoted a senior military commander as saying Sunday.

"Any location which is used by the enemy for...

Former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 White House contender Mitt Romney secured his third victory of the GOP primary season, as television networks declared him the winner of Nevada's...

Five policemen and two civilians, including a child, died in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Kandahar city Sunday.

"A car bomb (attack) carried out by the enemies and hit Kandahar city at noon...

Anatoly Antonov, Russia's lead negotiator with NATO on the planned Western European missile-defense system, said the discussions have reached "a dead end." In an interview with...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for more direct democracy in Russia in another article outlining his presidential campaign platform. In an article in the "Kommersant" newspaper,...

Activists and residents say Syrian forces have launched a fresh bombardment of the flashpoint central city Homs, killing at least 15 people and injuring 150. The renewed assault by government...

The French and German leaders are meeting in Paris for annual talks that are likely to be dominated by discussions of the continent's financial and economic woes. German Chancellor Angela...

Witnesses say Assad troops using rocket launchers, military helicopters against city; explosion rocks oil pipeline feeding a main refinery; activist: "Homs is witnessing a real...

Palestinian sources on Monday said Fatah and Hamas were discussing a Qatari proposal that would see Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas serving as interim prime minister of the PA,...

A pregnant woman who miscarried after the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the coast of Italy last month is set to sue the vessel's owners for one million euros ($A1.2 million) in damages,...

But the royals are enjoying fresh support after the wedding last year of the queen's grandson, Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, to Catherine...

Las Vegas - Republican Newt Gingrich vowed on Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after a big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with...

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The collapse of diplomatic efforts to mediate Syria's uprising reverberated across the country to a counterpoint of renewed bombardment on Monday as the government pursued a...

Babies born to women with diabetes are more likely to have a major birth defect. Women with diabetes are being warned to seek advice for good glucose controls...

They have to be smothered in cream daily to make their condition more bearable and the girls can’t go outside in the sun as it could kill...

He continued: 'Being on dialysis for seven years took its toll on her. It affected her calcium levels because there was no absorption through kidneys, so her knees bowed...

War veteran Harold Massey, 83, had been transferred to a Bupa nursing home after suffering neglect while in residential care which resulted in his right leg being...

This paper has long questioned the sanity of continuing to pour hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money into aid for India, a country with more billionaires than Britain and money to...

Fiddling peer: Baroness Uddin has not faced criminal charges despite being suspended from the Upper House after fraudulently abusing her Parliamentary second home...

Just two glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day can treble the risk of mouth cancer, ministers warn. They say that drinking slightly more than the recommended safe alcohol limits can...

A sight for sore eyes: Scarlett Johansson steals the show in Super Bowl trailer for The Avengers S.H.I.E.L.D superheroes back with a...

Spare a thought for the photographer: How one man risks life and lime to take vertigo-inducing pictures I'm only just awake, am I missing something in the headline?...

CAIRO : Protesters and police clashed again overnight outside Cairo's security headquarters in the wake of deadly football violence.Police fired birdshot at demonstrators in roads leading to the...

At least five people were killed today when a strong earthquake shook the central Philippines, destroying buildings and triggering landslides which buried dozens of houses, trapping...

At least 12 people were killed today as Syrian troops shelled parts of the city of Homs, striking a makeshift medical clinic and residential areas, activists...

Rugged Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood proclaimed it was "Halftime in America" in the spot that did not mention a Chrysler car or truck but intoned that the automaker's successful...

--> A detail of the official Super Bowl XLVI logo painted on the field during Super Bowl XLVI between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots at Lucas Oil Stadium on Feb. 5, 2012 in...

(CBS/AP) Updated at 3:18 a.m. Eastern MANILA, Philippines - A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least seven people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that...

The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution, aimed at ending the bloodshed in Syria,...

Clashes have continued in Egypt with police firing tear gas at demonstrators hurling rocks and broken tiles, as the protesters demanded swift presidential election and an early handover of power by...

The New York Giants have won the coveted American Super Bowl title after they beat the New England Patriots 21-17, becoming the champions for the second time in four years. Quarterback Eli Manning...

At least two people have been killed and about 100 others, including women and children, are feared trapped after a factory collapsed in Pakistan's second largest city of Lahore, an emergency...

Mexico's ruling conservative party has chosen Josefina Vazquez Mota, a 51-year-old economist and former minister, as its candidate for presidential elections on July 1. Vazquez Mota was elected...

Manuel Noriega, the jailed former military ruler of Panama, has been taken from his prison cell to a public hospital for treatment following a possible stroke, officials said. The 77-year-old was...

Hamas has endorsed a proposal by Qatar in which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will assume the role of prime minister in an interim unity government, according to two Palestinian officials. The...

The bad girl is a grown-up now, like it or not. Madonna, 53, danced her way back toward worldwide visibility Sunday as the halftime attraction for the Super Bowl, with a giant supporting cast -...

A strong earthquake has jolted central Philippine islands. Officials say there was damage to some buildings and at least one person was reported killed in the quake after a wall collapsed on a...

Crisis talks on a debt deal for Greece among the three leaders of parties supporting the coalition government are set to continue after intense talks adjourned on February 5. The three party...

US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Israel had not yet decided what to do in response to the escalating tension but was "rightly" concerned about Tehran's plans.The US...

Capello was known to be upset that Terry was removed as captain on Friday, a decision that was taken by FA chairman David Bernstein without any consultation with...

Footballer Joey Barton claims he is willing to go to jail to protect his right to 'free speech' over tweets he made about John Terry's racial abuse...

Taufeek Khanjar is thought to have become the oldest person to be declared a British citizen when he took part in a citizenship ceremony in Kingston-upon-Thames,...

DOHA: Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to name president Mahmoud Abbas as head of an interim government that will oversee preparations for presidential and legislative elections, a Palestinian...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN - A three-story factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least three people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said. ...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich looks at his watch as he speaks at a news conference after the Nevada caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 4,...

MANILA - One child died and a local tsunami alert was issued after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake followed by two aftershocks struck off the Philippines island of Negros on Monday, according to the U.S....

"The factory has completely collapsed and two houses next to it as well," emergency official Karamat Ali said. A 10-year-old boy is believed to be among the dead. Thirteen survivors have...

Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney looked to caucus contests in three more states this week hoping to solidify the growing sense of inevitability surrounding his candidacy to challenge...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains...