More demonstrations are expected in Moscow on Saturday as part of ongoing protest against fraud in December’s parliamentary elections in

The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures

Influential Colombian emerald dealer Victor Carranza is investigated for alleged links with paramilitary groups in the

The Libyan authorities are being urged to investigate the death of a former ambassador who, it is believed, was tortured in

The Libyan authorities are being urged to investigate the death of the country’s former Ambassador to France, who died less than 24 hours after being arrested by Tripoli-based

Hackers Anonymous release a recording of an intercepted conference call between the FBI and UK police discussing their efforts to fight

US President Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data shows unemployment is down to its lowest rate in three

Chris Huhne vows to clear his name as he resigns as UK energy secretary to fight charge relating to a 2003 speeding

At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials

Two US women tourists and their Egyptian guide who were kidnapped in the south of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have been released, security sources

A cardboard cut-out version of the founder of Iran’s Islamic revolution is mocked online after touring

Russia’s deputy foreign minister says Moscow “cannot support” the current draft UN Security Council resolution on Syria, Russian media

Severe flooding is threatening parts of New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia, with towns cut off and thousands of residents

The price of gas around Europe has risen sharply due to increased demand as a result of the cold weather and reports of reduced supply from

Twelve months on from the revolution in Egypt, the country’s tourism industry is continuing to

More than 100 people have now died as a result of freezing weather in Ukraine since last Friday, the government announces in

Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French

The oldest woman in Cuba and possibly the world celebrates her 127th birthday this

The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a “barred spiral” galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky

Appeal judges at a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia have rejected a claim by the man who ran a notorious Khmer Rouge detention centre, that he was not responsible for the