Paul Ryan has been elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Hesitant to run at first, the Republican from Wisconsin eventually gained...
Raif Badawi has been awarded this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
The European Parliament supports human rights through the annual Sakharov Prize for...
British scientists have announced that Olaparib, the first drug that targets precise genetic mutations in prostate cancer, has been shown to be effective in...
Women's rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari has become Nepal’s first female president.
Nepal’s parliament has elected Bidhya Devi Bhandari in a move hailed as a...
Republican frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with no political experience, were under attack from the start of the third GOP presidential debate in...
George Lucas has donated $10 million to the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, the same place he graduated from nearly 50...
Halle Berry has announced that she and Olivier Martinez are to divorce.
The actress filed a divorce petition under a pseudonym while the French actor...
FIFA has confirmed that seven candidates will stand in its presidential election on February 26, 2016.
The candidates are:
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, 39, president of...
Afghans and Pakistanis made homeless by this week's earthquake could die from exposure, aid workers have warned.
There is an urgent need for tents and...
Ben Carson has knocked Donald Trump off top spot in the Republican presidential campaign.
The retired neurosurgeon takes a narrow lead in a New York...
Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term as Ivory Coast’s president with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say.
He won a...
A helicopter has crashed in Libya’s capital Tripoli killing at least 12 people, security sources say.
The helicopter had been carrying cash for a local...
Walmart has sparked outrage among customers by stocking an Israeli army Halloween outfit for kids.
The costume is available on the store's website for $28.81...
Congo-Brazzaville's controversial referendum has approved constitutional changes to allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to run for a third term with more than 92% of...
ISIS militants have executed three captives in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by tying them to columns and blowing them up, activists say.
The identities...
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