KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - A Malaysian man is suing his ex-fiancee in an Islamic court after her father broke off their engagement via mobile phone text messages, a report said Tuesday.
Muhammad Salleh...
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Alaska Governor and former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin welcomed her first grandchild this week, but admitted she felt fear and despair when she first learned...
BERLIN (AFP) - Two childhood sweethearts, aged six and seven, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, determined to tie the knot under the African sun, police said Monday.
The...
MONACO (AFP) - Monaco's climate-crusading ruler, Prince Albert II, left on Monday for Antarctica on a month-long expedition to view the impact of global warming at the Earth's southern tip, his...
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Leading South Africa's anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman who died on New Year's Day was on Sunday buried in a private Jewish ceremony attended by top politicians and close...
NEW YORK (AFP) - The family of Oscar-nominated Hollywood superstar John Travolta took a devastating emotional blow when his teenage son died after a seizure while on a family vacation in the Bahamas,...
PARIS (AFP) - France's justice minister Rachida Dati gave birth to a baby girl in Paris late Friday, a government source said. The child, named Zohra and born two weeks premature, according to the...
NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (AFP) - Thousands of people have been given artificial limbs by the Prostheses Foundation, which uses unique techniques and some salvaged materials to provide cheaply-made...
LISBON (AFP) - The world's oldest living person, Portuguese national Maria de Jesus, died Friday at the age of 115, the Lusa news agency reported.
Born September 10, 1893, Maria de Jesus...