A call to a friend cost a North Korean man his life, according to published reports. The man, identified only as Jung, reportedly confessed under torture to

A zoo in northeastern China has been shut after a spate of Siberian tiger deaths - with reports Wednesday saying dozens of the dead animals may have been used

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit Tuesday demanding that the government disclose the legal basis for

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday met with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin and was firm in reiterating the United States' support of

It could be the lottery of a lifetime, however, a British fertility clinic is under fire for offering a human egg as the grand prize in a raffle, The Daily

For almost three centuries the play, Double Falsehood, was ridiculed as a hoax and largely went unnoticed, but now it is finally acknowledged as one of William

One of Australia's most prolific sex fiends has been jailed for more than a decade after flashing 114 children while riding his bicycle.

The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported on Monday.

Iran's Supreme Leader is seeking to ban the Iranian equivalent of Bonfire Night in case the opposition turns it into another protest against his regime.

Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani

An apparent U.S. missile attack destroyed a suspected militant compound in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, two intelligence officials said.

The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall, has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.

Nepal's tourist board was hoping to send visitor numbers soaring by hosting the world's highest same-sex marriage on Mount Everest, The Sun reported Monday.

Hollywood actor Sean Penn met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon during his relief work in Haiti, Sky News reported Monday.