Doctors in Vietnam have removed a pair of scissors that were in a man’s abdomen for 18 years, local newspapers reported. Specialist surgeons flew from Hanoi to the province of Thai…
Pope Francis has told bishops around the world they must adhere to a policy of zero tolerance for clergy who sexually abuse children and begged forgiveness for “a sin that…
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a New Year’s Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company…
Heavy smog that blanketed northern China at the weekend has cleared somewhat today, with flights in Beijing back to normal, but it was likely only to be a brief respite…
Australian home prices have boasted their biggest increase last year since 2009 as December ended on a high note for the red-hot markets of Sydney and Melbourne. Property consultant CoreLogic…
NEW YORK – Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey has shrugged off a botched New Year’s Eve show in New York’s Times Square, telling fans and critics on Sunday that life…
At least 800 sub-Saharan African migrants have tried to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back,…
Twenty three people have been killed and dozens injured after a fire ripped through a boat carrying nearly 250 people to islands north of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, the city’s search…
At least one gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with hundreds of New Year’s revellers on Sunday, killing 35 people and wounding more than 40 in what…