Neglect levels in Britain's care homes have been described as "scandalous" after it emerged that more than 650 elderly residents have died of dehydration...
An Indonesian pop star who rocked the predominantly Muslim nation after several home-made sex tapes found their way to the internet has been sentenced...
China plans to double its investment in water conservation projects as cities face shortages and the worst drought in decades persists in northern China's...
A guard at a US state prison has been found strangled inside the prison's chapel.Washington State Prison spokesman Chad Lewis said 34-year-old Jayme Biendl...
Burma has opened its first parliament in more than two decades, an event greeted with cautious optimism by opposition politicians despite the military's tight...
Egypt's most prominent democracy advocate took up a loudspeaker and called for President Hosni Mubarak to resign, speaking to thousands of protesters who defied...
