Anailing79-year-oldIranianoppositionleaderwhohasbeenunderhousearrestsinceFebruary2011hasembarkedonahungerstrike,demandingauthoritiestryhiminpublic.MehdiKarroubi
The14thCenturycottageusedasthefictionalbirthplaceofHarryPotterisbackonthemarketforalmost£1m.DeVereHouseinLavenham,Suffolk,featuredinHarryPotterandtheDeathlyHall
Hangzhou-basedChinesetechgiantAlibabahassignedanagreementwithitshomecitygovernmenttousethecompany'stechnologytocreateanonlinesystemforhouserentals.Thesystemwill
VenezuelanoppositionleadersLeopoldoLopezandAntonioLedezmahavebeentakenfromtheirhomes,wheretheywereservinghousearrest,familymemberssaidonTuesday,addingthatPresid
Venezuelansecurityofficialsseizedtwooppositionleadersfromtheirhomesinovernightraids,theirfamiliessaidonTuesday,aftertheyurgedprotestsagainstanewlegislativesuper
AcourtinTianjinhasdecidedtoauctionahousedecoratedwithceramicchipsonAugust8topayoffitslandlord'sdebt.ThePeople'sCourtofDongliDistrictinTianjinpreviouslyplannedto
APhilippinemayorlinkedtoillegaldrugswaskilledalongwithatleast11othersinapoliceraidonSunday.ReynaldoParojinog,MayorofOzamizCity,andhiswifediedduringtheraidonhish
AnexplosionstrucknearthehouseofanAfghanpoliticianinthewesternsideofKabulMonday,withfearedcasualties,awitnesssaid.(ASIAPACIFICDAILY)
AcontroversialbilltotoughenFrance'ssecuritylawscleareditsfirsthurdlelateTuesdaywhentheconservative-dominatedSenateapprovedthelegislationbyamajority.Senatorsback
Giant pandas are escaping the scorching summer heat by playing with ice in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Thedeathtollroseto22inahousefireineastChina'sJiangsuProvinceearlySundaymorning,localauthoritiessaid.Thefirebrokeoutataround4:32a.m.inatwo-storyresidentialhousei
GiantpandasareescapingthescorchingsummerheatbyplayingwithiceinsouthwestChina'sSichuanProvince.RecentlytheprovincehasbeenreachingdogdaysorSanfuperiodofsummerwhic
TurkishpolicekilledfiveIslamicStatemilitantsinaraidonahouseinthecityofKonyaonWednesdayandfourpolicewereslightlywounded,theDogannewsagencysaid.Specialforcespolic
FrenchdesignerOlivierLapidushasbeenappointedartisticdirectorofParislabelLanvinfollowinghispredecessor'sresignationfromthetroubledfashionhouse."Iwelcomethearriva
FourpeoplewerekilledandfiveothersseriouslyinjuredwhenapassengertrainfromAthensderailedandhitahousenearthenortherntownofThessalonikionSaturday,accordingtoGreekra
Fourmilitantsandonefirefighterwerekilledinsuicideexplosionsduringapoliceraidonanallegedsafehouseoftheterroristsinthecountry'sRajshahidistrict,some256kmwestofcap
Riccardo Tisci has left the building. As we wait for the news about his successor at Givenchy—all we could elicit today was an assurance that the announcement would happen “very soon”—the studio team has designed an interim collection. As these things go, this was a clever one.