A new world record for the largest ukulele ensemble has been set in Yokohama, Japan, at the Ukulele Picnic Week event. More than 2,000 strummers gathered...
First Lady Michelle Obama had no defence against Olympic wrestler Elena Pirozhkova who decided to pick her up and parade her in front of...
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has marked his first year in office by pledging to increase social spending to help the country's poorest people. In the...
Romanians are voting in a referendum on whether to impeach President Traian Basescu. Traian Basescu has already been suspended by parliament in a series of...
Four people hiking in Pieniny mountains, southern Poland, were killed by lightning, Polish media report. The four, a couple in their 50s, their daughter and...
Ethnic clashes in Moyale area, southern Ethiopia, are reported to have left at least 18 people dead and 12 others injured. More than 20,000 people...
A deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has killed at least 13 people and infected a further seven in Uganda. The health ministry says emergency measures...
The US economic growth slowed in the second quarter to an annualized pace of 1.5%, as consumer spending eased. But growth in the first three...
Syrian army has launched ground and air attacks against rebels in parts of Aleppo, activists say. Rebels with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they...
Robert Mood, the former head of the UN observer mission in Syria, says it is "only a matter of time" until President Bashar al-Assad's...
Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky allegedly called the boy he was seen raping in a locker room shower and left him...
Japanese women have fallen behind Hong Kong in terms of global life expectancy rankings for the first time in 25 years. This was partly due to...
Mike du Toit, the mastermind of a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, has been convicted of treason. A...
Cuba’s President Raul Castro has made a seemingly impromptu address at a Revolution Day ceremony and said he is willing to hold talks with...
More details are emerging in South Korea about Ri Sol-Ju, the woman identified as the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. A lawmaker, quoting...
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, has been charged with murder, state news agency Xinhua has reported. Gu Kailai and...
Dozens of tourists who shelled out $350 for an exclusive African safari at Walt Disney World in Orlando were sickened with a debilitating stomach...
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has done enough to get...
James Holmes, the man suspected of shooting 12 people dead at a Colorado cinema last week, sent a notebook describing a massacre to a...
Two more senior Syrian diplomats have defected amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the US has confirmed. Syria's representatives in the...
Six people have reportedly died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Provence in southeastern France. The aircraft came down at around 13:40...
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has unveiled a 3-D reconstruction of the face of Simon Bolivar, who died in 1830 after leading the fight against...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is married, state media have confirmed for the first time. Reports referred to Kim Jong-Un attending the opening of an...
An 11-year-old boy from UK boarded a plane from Manchester to Rome on his own without a passport, tickets or boarding pass. The boy got...
John Dramani Mahama, Ghana's new president, has pledged to uphold stability following the death of his predecessor John Atta Mills. Former Vice President John Dramani...