The Elephanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site off the coast of India’s financial capital Mumbai, draw hundreds of thousands...

An Iranian pro-government website says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired 14 advisers as part of an ongoing shake-up of his...

Dozens of grieving Christians returned to pray Sunday in a blood-spattered church where 21 worshippers were killed in a suicide...

Online newspapers, blogs and forums will now need to register with the Ministry of Information and Culture for licenses to...

Police in India say at least five Maoist militants were shot dead by security forces early on Sunday in the...

The planned rise in VAT is the "wrong tax, at the wrong time", Labour leader Ed Miliband is to warn....

Fears are growing for award-winning Swedish actor Per Oscarsson and his wife after human remains were found in his house,...

Russia's airlines must ground their Tu-154B planes, after a fire in Siberia which killed three people, the country's transport watchdog...

Ex-Eurythmics singer Annie Lennox is among the stars recognised with a New Year Honour - appointed an OBE for work...

Parts of the western region of Saudi Arabia were once again struck by heavy downpours on Thursday morning that wreaked...

Former world number one Justine Henin returns to competition in the Hopman Cup team event on Saturday but she may...

Italian brothers Francesco and Edoardo Molinari are among 13 players to qualify for the 2011 Masters at Augusta courtesy of...

Bobby Farrell, front man of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent...

The chairman of British Airways, Martin Broughton, has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours. Sir Martin, who had...

Thousands more people are preparing to evacuate their homes as one of Australia's worst floods continues to inundate the state...