Leading Afghan women's rights champion, author, lawmaker and presidential hopeful Fawzia Koofi has a revealing anecdote about life as a woman in a...

Greece's two pro-austerity parties missed an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, data based on 99 per cent of votes showed on Monday,...

The United States has freed up to 20 detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan over the past two years in an effort to promote reconciliation...

World stocks fell, the euro wavered and French borrowing rates rose on Monday on renewed uncertainties for eurozone debt policy after voters in Greece...

France handed the presidency to Leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programmes who says the state should protect the...

Fame and recognition came posthumously for Kalighat paintings. The first serious appraisal of this folk art happened in 1926, when critic Ajit Ghose...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to call for early general elections on Sunday, setting the stage for a 4 September vote that...

Nicolas Sarkozy's defeat today marked the end of a five-year presidency during which he divided a France that had put its hopes in him to break with a...

Francois Hollande was elected France's first Socialist president in nearly two decades today, dealing a humiliating defeat to incumbent Nicolas...

Didier Drogba scored a record-breaking fourth FA Cup final goal to seal glory for Chelsea who won 2-1 despite an inspired Andy Carroll equaliser...

South Africa grabbed the last ticket to the London Olympics men's hockey when they defeated hosts Japan 2-1 in the final qualifying tournament ...

Double world record-holder Usain Bolt shook off two false starts to open his 2012 season with a world-leading 9.82 seconds to win the 100 metres at...