Pope Benedict XVI in his Christmas Day message called on Catholics in China to courageously face limits on religious freedom and conscience.Benedict used his...
Two million people have signed up for tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, chief executive Paul Deighton said.Organisers are steeling themselves for the "mind-boggling"...
At least 11 people have been killed in multiple Christmas Eve blasts in central Nigeria, a region violently divided between Christians and Muslims, an...
South Korea has released three Chinese fishermen after questioning them over a maritime scuffle with the coast guard.Coast guard official Roh Sang-gue said authorities...
A female suicide bomber has detonated her explosives-laden vest in a crowded aid distribution centre in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 41 people and...
