Havinglosttheirheads,beenpulledfromtheirplinths,smashedandevenburied,thingsareatlastlookingupforsomeoftheunluckieststatuesinChristendom.Forfivecenturiesthe12apo
Pakistan's new cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony at the Presidency in Islamabad on Friday.
A massive fire has engulfed one of the world's tallest residential buildings, The Marina Torch, in Dubai on Thursday night.
Strikinggoldusedtobeamatterofluck,buttoolsusedtotrackcriminals,diseasesandsocialnetworkscouldsoonuncovervasttrovesofvaluableminerals,researchersrevealedonTuesda
TwoformerThaiprimeministerswereclearedofabuseofpowerWednesdayinacaseinvolvingthequellingofananti-governmentprotestin2008.ThecourtinBangkokacquittedSomchaiWongsa
Severemonsoonfloodinghaskilled213peopleinwesternIndia,anofficialsaidonSunday,asrescuerscontinuetosiftthroughvillagesdevastatedbytorrentialrains.ThedeathtollinGu
Morethan22,000peoplewereevacuatedafteramassivefirebrokeoutatanelectronicmusicfestivalinBarcelonaonSaturdaynight,accordingtoXinhua,citinglocalauthorities.Flamese
Australian authorities said Sunday they had stopped an allegedly Islamist-inspired "terrorist plot" to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, after four people were arrested in raids in Sydney.
ABritishmanhasbeenconvictedofcarryingoutamercenarycyberattackonDeutscheTelekomlastyear.The29-year-old,whohasonlybeennamedasDanielK,receivedasuspendedsentenceof2
Anearthquakewithapreliminarymagnitudeof5.0struckoffthecoastofIbarakiPrefecture,whichbordersthePacificOceannortheastofTokyo,butnotsunamiwarninghasbeenissued,thew
Morethan50peoplewerekilledinaBokoHaramambushonanoilexplorationteaminnortheastNigeriaearlierthisweek,multiplesourcestoldAFPnewsagencyonThursday,warningthedeathto
Five-timeGrandSlamchampionMariaSharapovasaysher15-monthdopingbanhasonlyfueledherpassionfortennis.TheformerworldnumberonefromRussia,preparingtoplayatStanfordnext
SouthKoreaonThursdayconfirmedthatnosignhasbeendetectedoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)'stest-launchofballisticmissiletomarkthe64thanniversaryofthear
HundredsoffirefightersintheRivieraregionofsouthernFranceandontheislandofCorsica,continuedtobattlewind-whippedblazesonTuesday,whichhaveleftseveralfirstresponders
A Jordanian man has been killed, and an Israeli and another Jordanian wounded in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan's capital Amman. The two Jordanians were working for a furniture firm and entered the embassy before the shooting, police say.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will start a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar on Sunday, in the latest effort to resolve the Qatar crisis.
ThreeIsraelicivilianshavebeenstabbedtodeathinasettlementnearRamallahintheoccupiedWestBank.AnotherIsraeliwaswoundedintheattackinHalamish.TheIsraeliarmysaystheatt