President Barack Obama issued a pointed call Friday for an end to sexual assaults in the military, appealing…

A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang…

1. video S.Korea, US leaders seek next step on North (1:05)

An Austrian daredevil on Friday became the first man to walk a tightrope strung between the two towers of St. Stephen's…

1. video Raw: Tightrope walk between Cathedral spires (1:03)

The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Dismayed…

1. US Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after…

1. Ban brought forward

A man from the French Riviera town of Nice has been arrested on suspicion of eating part of his 95-year-old grandmother.

Riot-weary Stockholm police were reinforced with officers from other parts of Sweden as the capital prepared for more unrest…

1. Youths torch restaurant, cars in Sweden riots

IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges but was named an "assisted witness" after French prosecutors grilled…

Britain scrambled fighter jets to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people, diverting it to an isolated…

1. video Raw: Fatal knife attack in London (0:56)

In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taleban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked…

1. UK attack victim a model soldier

The major link between the US and Canadian sides of the Pacific Northwest region was severed after a bridge collapsed, dumping…

1. video Major detours following bridge collapse (1:21)

Michael Adebolajo was well known to the police and MI5 for years as a known extremist who preached hatred on the streets…

1. video Two suspects in murder known to police (1:30)

Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and "live life and enjoy himself", his family…

The Muslim cleric who claims to have converted suspected killer Michael Adebolajo to Islam says the attack could be justified…

1. Humble hero inspires nation

Stockholm was braced for a fifth night of riots as violent unrest that began almost a week ago in the…

1. Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality

America's perpetual war against terrorism must come to an end, President Barack Obama declared yesterday, as he announced…

1. video Obama offers drone strike defense (2:24)

Britain's newspapers have paid tribute to the soldier brutally murdered in London and demanded the preacher suspected of…

1. photos Photos: London attack aftermath (6 photos)

The charity Help For Heroes has been swamped with donations, leading to its website crashing after Drummer Lee Rigby was…

The second suspect in the Woolwich murder was known for handing out radical leaflets, and a woman believed to be his girlfriend…

1. video Raw: Scuffles in London after hacking death (0:56)

British police have made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder…

1. Hero of terror attack lived in Auckland

New Zealand edged a step closer to committing peacekeepers to a new area of the Middle East.

1. video Kerry praises NZ as 'global partner' (2:01)

European leaders revisit British plan for direct assistance as rebels remain split over leader

1. Attacks push Iraq closer to sectarian war

Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula today, security officials said…

1. Egyptian security personnel abducted in Sinai

The United States Senate sharply questioned the chief executive of Apple, the world's most valuable company, over allegations…

1. Apple defends its Irish tax