The Paris appeals court on Wednesday ordered former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel to spend three years in prison and pay back a staggering $7...

National Geographic Society has chronicled scientific expeditions, explorations, archaeology, wildlife and world cultures for more than 100 years,...

High winds forced a blimp-like aircraft carrying an advertisement for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to make an emergency landing in...

Pope Benedict XVI has added seven more saints onto the roster of Catholic role models as he tries to rekindle the faith in places where it’s lagging....

Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering, authorities said.The...

British Prime Minister David Cameron is ducking new questions about text messages he traded with Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News Corp’s UK...

Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks on Wednesday demanded a full investigation into his jailing after a landmark US court decision, as lawyers...

Seven Chinese warships, including two destroyers, were sighted on Tuesday in waters off a Japanese island, Defence Ministry said here, as tension...

Hundreds of birds have been culled in central Nepal after the presence of bird flu virus was confirmed at a poultry farm.Animal health officials...

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic told the UN Yugoslav war crimes court on on Tuesday that he should be rewarded as he had done everything...

Sitara-e-Shujaat, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian awards for bravery, will be given to 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban...

Morgan Stanley is being accused of discriminating against black homeowners and violating US Federal civil rights laws by providing strong incentives...