British Prime Minister David Cameron's former media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months on Friday for his complicity in widespread phone-hacking by journalists to obtain scoops at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid he edited.
A suburban Atlanta man who prosecutors said intentionally left his 22-month-old son strapped inside a hot car to die because he wanted to live a child-free life will remain jailed pending his trial, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Strom expected to weaken quickly, but many choose to evacuate homes
An Israeli inventor has created a scanner that he says could change the way we shop and take care of ourselves - by reading the chemical makeup of foods, drugs and other items we use.
Despite an overall downturn in the country's economy, Chengdu's import and export volume in the first five months of the year reached 137.03 billion yuan ($22.45 billion), accounting for 80 percent of Sichuan province's total, according to Chengdu Customs District.
Teheran, 6 world powers haggle over number of enrichment centrifuges
India summoned the top diplomat from the US embassy on Wednesday to complain for the third time about spying, following new allegations that Washington's National Security Agency targeted its ruling party.
Famine will break out in war-torn South Sudan within weeks unless massive funding for food aid is provided, aid agencies warned on Thursday.
A Malaysian military official who is being sent back to New Zealand to face sexual assault and burglary charges will no longer be protected by diplomatic immunity, New Zealand officials confirmed on Thursday.
A Japanese city was on Thursday asking a court for an injunction to prevent a nuclear plant being built, in a country that remains deeply suspicious of the technology three years after Fukushima.
Vote to be held 'within months', president of northern region says
The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to hold three-way talks involving separatist rebels by Saturday to pave the way for a new cease-fire, despite continued fighting and a rising death toll in eastern regions.
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