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US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, is among four Americans killed in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi

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President Barack Obama has confirmed that US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, is among four Americans killed in an attack on the US consulate...

Honda Civic

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The Honda Civic range has been pretty central to the company’s car manufacturing throughout the last half decade or so with regular new versions...

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to evolve into a federation of nation-states

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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to evolve into a "federation of nation-states". Addressing the EU parliament in Strasbourg, Jose...

Germany's top court in Karlsruhe is about to deliver its verdict on whether the ongoing attempts to contain the eurozone crisis breach the country's constitution

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Germany's top court in Karlsruhe is about to deliver its verdict on whether the ongoing attempts to contain the eurozone crisis breach the country's...

A US state department official was killed when a gunmen stormed the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi

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A US state department official was killed and at least one other American was wounded when a gunmen stormed the US consulate in the...

More than 200 people are now known to have died in a fire at a garment factory in Karachi

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More than 200 people are now known to have died in a fire at a garment factory in Karachi, Pakistani police have said. Many others...

About 1.5 million people have taken part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona

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About 1.5 million people have taken part in Catalonia's annual independence rally in Barcelona, police say. Tens of thousands of people poured into the city...

President George W. Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a terrorist attack by Al Qaeda

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Former US President George W. Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a terrorist attack by Al...

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum announced in July that this year's ceremony at Ground Zero would include only relatives reading victims' names

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President Barack Obama has marked the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, saying the US emerged "even stronger" from that day's death and horror. In...

Police in Paris are questioning former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over an embezzlement case involving a friend

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Police in Paris are questioning former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over an embezzlement case involving a friend. Dominique de Villepin has been placed...

Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the US to locate Osama Bin Laden, has said he was unaware he was involved with the 2011 killing of the al-Qaeda chief

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Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the US to locate Osama Bin Laden, has said he was unaware he was involved with the...

New evidence appears to back the idea that the US helped cover up Soviet guilt for the 1940 Katyn massacre of Polish soldiers

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New evidence appears to back the idea that the US helped cover up Soviet guilt for the 1940 Katyn massacre of Polish soldiers. In an...

Two Chinese patrol ships have been sent to islands disputed with Japan, which has sealed a deal to purchase the islands

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Two Chinese patrol ships have been sent to islands disputed with Japan, which has sealed a deal to purchase the islands, China’ state media...

Speculation has been mounting about the whereabouts of China's Vice-President Xi Jinping, who has not been seen for over a week

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Speculation has been mounting about the whereabouts of China's Vice-President Xi Jinping, who has not been seen for over a week. Xi Jinping cancelled a...

The New York skyline has been lit up with twin lights, filling the hole left by the World Trade Center

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Ahead of the eleventh commemoration of the 9/11 attacks, the New York Skyline has been lit up with twin lights, filling the hole left by...

Key Syrian defector General Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in early July

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Key Syrian defector General Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in early July. Manaf Tlas said French "services" had...

Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of AQAP, has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen

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Said al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials...

Bettina Wulff, wife of former German President Christian Wulff, has included Google in legal action to stop rumors about her private life

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Bettina Wulff, wife of former German President Christian Wulff, has included Google in legal action to stop rumors about her private life. When the name...

A note in Randy Scott’s handwriting and with a smudge of his blood had been found at world Trade Center

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For almost ten years Denise Scott believed her husband Randy  had been killed on impact when United Airlines Flight 175 smashed into the World...

Nearly 11 years on, a small group of scientists are still desperately working to give grieving families the justice they crave

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After the 2001 attacks on New York City, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner had to contend with thousands of bodies, many completely...

US federal government is on the verge of recognizing that people who lived near Ground Zero and first responders got cancer from toxic dust from the scene

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For the first time since the 9/11 attack, the federal government is on the verge of recognizing that people who lived near Ground Zero...

The foundation that runs 9-11 memorial estimates that once the $700 million project is complete, the memorial and museum will together cost $60 million a year to operate

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The National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center is an awesome spectacle that moved and inspired some 4.5 million visitors...

Bagram prison in Afghanistan has been at the centre of a number of prisoner abuse allegations

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The US military has decided to hand control of controversial Bagram prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan...

Former Navy Seal Matt Bissonette, who uses the pseudonym Mark Owen, was interviewed by CBS television network

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The first interview has been aired with former Navy Seal member Matt Bissonette, who wrote a first-hand account of the May 2011 raid that...

The arrest of Indian anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has sparked off criticism

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The arrest of Indian anti-corruption cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has sparked off criticism. Aseem Trivedi was held in the city of Mumbai...