The prevailing image of North Korea in Western minds is a closed society where the people have little sense of life beyond its borders. How, then, does one explain the mobile phones, DVDs and - most bizarrely of all - South Korean chocolate snacks.
The FBI has released photos of two suspects it wants to identify as part of the investigation into Monday's Boston Marathon bombings.
An investigation is under way after two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 100 injured.
Concerns have been raised that bloggers may face stiff libel fines under rules imposed by a new press watchdog.
A Swiss woman has been gang-raped by a group of men in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say.
Why are Nepalis still waiting for justice, more than six years after the end of their country's brutal civil war? Joanna Jolly finds out why the scars from the conflict are still raw despite attempts by both sides to bury the past.
The most accurate assessment to date of the impact of commercial fishing on sharks suggests around 100 million are being killed each year.
When Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on 11 February, it wasn't the only shock to hit the Vatican. There were also electrical shocks, as two separate bolts of lightning struck St Peter's. An act of God, some concluded - but how unlikely is such an event?
While America’s political and business elite are pressing Congress to ease high-skilled immigration laws, a new study argues that foreign workers aren’t necessarily better or brighter. “The immigrant workers, especially those who first came to the United States as foreign students, are in....
A virus that causes stillbirths and birth defects in lambs and calves has spread to more than 1,500 UK farms, new government figures show.
A teenager has told the Old Bailey a man carried out a brutal sexual assault to "prepare" her to be gang-raped.
Australia has managed come out of the global financial crisis without a recession. But as a result of its booming economy, the cost of living is extremely high.
Denis Mukwege is a gynaecologist working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his colleagues have treated about 30,000 rape victims, developing great expertise in the treatment of serious sexual injuries. His story includes disturbing accounts of rape as a weapon of war.
A 20,000-strong team has been sent to the Ural mountains as part of a rescue and clean-up operation after Friday's meteor strike, Russia's emergency, ministry says.
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