The Christian mother put on death row for refusing to become a Muslim has arrived in Rome today as a guest of the Italian government. Meriam Ibrahim, 27, and her family arrived at Rome's Ciampino airport at around 9.30am on a plane provided by the Italian ...

"South Africa joins the United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon in calling for an immediate ceasefire by all sides, and a resumption of the flow of humanitarian aid to the suffering people of Gaza," he told MPs. Opening debate in Parliament on the ...

Susan Boyle helped open the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland yesterday with a rendition of “Mull of Kintyre.” Scroll to see video. The Scottish singer, who was born and raised in West Lothian, said she was “proud” to be performing on home ground in ...

PENGHU ISLAND, TAIWAN - JULY 24: Criminal Investigation Bureau search through the crash site where TransAsia Airways flight GE222 crashed the night before near the airport at Magong on July 24, 2014 in Penghu Island, Taiwan. Taiwan's TransAsia ...

In this image made from an undated video provided Thursday, June 5, 2014, by Al Fajer, a Sudanese nongovernmental organization, Meriam Ibrahim breastfeeds her newborn baby girl that she gave birth to in jail last week, as the NGO visits her in a room at a ...

Thirteen people, including 12 school children, were killed and 15 other children seriously injured when a train rammed into their bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Masayipet village of Telangana's Medak district today. The 15 students of a private school ...

Protests have erupted all over India against Israel's offensive in Gaza which has claimed hundreds of Palestinian lives. In this photograph, police detain protesters trying to remove police barricade during a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in New ...

The State of Arizona executed Joseph Wood on Wednesday. It took him nearly two hours to die after his veins were injected with a novel combination of two drugs. Ariz. inmate's execution takes 2 hours 1min; McDonald's stands by rotten meat... 29min; MH17: ...

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) is pulling out of a $1.6 billion deal to buy two Indian hydroelectric power plants from Jaiprakash Power Ventures because of "a change in strategy". A company official, who declined to be named under briefing rules, did ...

Hamas scored a victory in its latest nihilistic, death-obsessed war with Israel when its rockets prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and most Western airlines to suspend flights to Ben Gurion Airport. Despite Israel's successful Iron Dome defense, ...

Brazil follows Ecuador's decision a day earlier, as well as the UN human rights council's decision to open commission of inquiry into Israel' 'war crimes.' By Barak Ravid | Jul. 24, 2014 | 11:05 AM ...

HYDERABAD (INDIA) - A passenger train rammed into a school bus in southern India on Thursday, killing at least 11 children, with fears the death toll could be as high as 25, officials said. File photo taken in July 2011 shows policemen at a rally on the ...

It was the heart-stopping moment when the meticulously planned Commonwealth Games opening ceremony could have completely unravelled. With the Queen waiting and an estimated one billion people around the world watching, Prince Imran of Malaysia ...

Robert Hungerford, of Phoenix, prays as he and a group of about a dozen death penalty opponents protest the possible execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood at the state prison in Florence, Ariz. on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Arizona's highest court on ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A condemned murderer took nearly two hours to die and gasped for about 90 minutes during an execution in Arizona that quickly rekindled the national debate on capital punishment in the U.S.. The execution of 55-year-old Joseph Rudolph ...

Manchester United gave manager Louis Van Gaal the perfect start with a walloping of LA Galaxy. Pasadena, United States – Louis van Gaal's reign as manager of Manchester United got off to a rousing start on Wednesday with a 7-0 friendly victory over Major ...

COLOMBO, July 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka were 115 for three wickets at lunch on the first day of the second test against South Africa on Thursday. Scores: Sri Lanka 115-3 (M Jayawardene 53 not out) v South Africa. (Editing by Nick Mulvenney). © Thomson ...

Gaza City (CNN) -- Now well into a third week of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the toll is clear -- and growing. It can be seen in the blocks of rubble that line Gaza neighborhoods, where the Israeli military has relentlessly bombed. It can also be found in ...

Taipei, July 24 (CNA) More information was emerging Thursday about the victims of the TransAsia Airways plane crash a day earlier that claimed the lives of 48 people. The Ministry of Culture's Bureau of Cultural Heritage confirmed Thursday that 82-year-old ...

TEL AVIV, July 24 (Reuters) - US Airways said on Thursday it would be resuming flights to and from Israel after canceling its nonstop service two days ago due to fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. Asked whether flights would be resumed ...