Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf today announced that he will return home between January 27 and 30 to launch his political career despite facing arrest in the assassination case of fo...

A series of earthquakes measuring 3.1 to 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region today, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.

Defying the odds of medicine, Stephen Hawking, widely regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists, celebrated his 70th birthday on Sunday.

An Australian family faced a very surreal moment when an uninvited guest, a 1.7-metre crocodile, sneaked into their living room in Darwin.

New footage on North Korean state TV shows young leader Kim Jong Un maneuvering a tank and observing firing exercises. State TV aired the footage on Sunday on what is believed to be Kim Jong Un's b...

Germany's main opposition party piled pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday over a scandal dogging her handpicked candidate for president, calling for new elections if he were to step down.

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf denied having any knowledge about the Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden living in Pakistan during his tenure.

A week after Sahar Gul, 15, was rescued from the house of her husband's parents, where she was tortured for months, she is demanding justice. She wants to see her husband and in-laws behind bars. Gul'...