Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer said Monday her people face a fight for their very existence against Chinese repression as a conference in Japan...

Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children,...

Iran on Friday condemned the latest deadly bomb blasts to reel its ally Syria in a 14-month-old uprising and accused Western powers of orchestrating...

French President-elect Francois Hollande and his recently-inaugurated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin informed Brazil that they will attend next...

US President Barack Obama has taken a calculated gamble and has stepped into the political unknown with his firm public backing for gay marriage....

The Olympic flame was lit in Ancient Olympia in Greece today, in a solemn ceremony filled with mystery and tradition that signals the final ...

Radamel Falcao stood up to be counted once again as Atletico Madrid claimed the 2011-12 Europa League title, defeating Bilbao 3-0 in an all-Spanish...

The man ordered by al-Qaeda's Yemen branch to blow up a US-bound airliner was a double agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the suicide...

The traditional ceremony to light the Olympic flame takes place at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece on Thursday, signalling the final countdown...

Relations between Afghanistan and Iran have been strained by Kabul's strategic pact with the United States, officials said on Tuesday, charging that...

The transatlantic economic crisis has scythed through Europe's leaders. So, as November looms, can Barack Obama avoid becoming the highest profile...

Taking over from a supermodel should not be a problem for Valerie Trierweiler, who has plenty of glamour of her own, but making state visits abroad as...