Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said the public must be calm after the military launched its most widespread wave of air strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Foreign Minister has called claims a West Papuan politician paid a bribe ahead of the release of kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens "a disgrace".
At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting in one of the most popular entertainment areas in the US state of Alabama.
The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods, lawyers for alleged victims said on Friday.
Italy handed back to Canada yesterday a famous photographic portrait of Winston Churchill that was stolen from an Ottawa hotel more than two years ago.
A lawyer from one of the Commonwealth’s smallest countries, Shridath Surendranath Ramphal did much to keep the "club" of former British colonies together as a functioning political force.
High-end London department store Harrods has apologised over allegations its former owner, Egyptian billionaire businessman Mohamed Al Fayed, raped and sexually assaulted several female ex-employees.
As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers were largely rendered obsolete. But the durable, tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas.
Israeli warplanes carried out their most intense strikes on southern Lebanon in nearly a year of war, heightening the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah amid calls for restraint.
A sheriff in rural Kentucky has been arrested, accused of shooting and killing a district court judge following an argument inside the courthouse, officials said.
The UN Security Council's credibility is at stake because of its failure to enforce its own resolutions on the Israel-Gaza conflict, former prime minister Helen Clark says.
London's Oxford St, home to some of the capital's most famous shops, could be pedestrianised to attract more shoppers under a plan announced by city mayor Sadiq Khan.
Australia has abstained from a United Nations vote calling on Israel to end its "unlawful presence" in Palestine, the federal government has confirmed.
Twenty people have been killed and 450 injured after walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the second day of attacks.
Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, saying it has thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios followed blasts in booby-trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war.