DUBAI- Explosions of colour shot out of the world's tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa, illuminating the Gulf city state's sky as the huge expatriate and tourist hub celebrated the New Year....

NEW DELHI, Rupam Jain Nair- When Sonali Mukherjee spurned the advances of three of her fellow students, they responded by melting her face with acid. But rather than hide herself away, the...

"Cities and states must join with the federal government to do everything we can, as quickly as we can, to keep our communities safe," said LA mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "It is absolutely critical...

BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories, Sara Hussein- Thousands of people streamed into the West Bank city of Bethlehem to mark Christmas, as the Latin Patriarch urged "men of good will" to seek peace in...

The pardon for Gabriele, who was convicted and sentenced in October by a Vatican court for leaking secret papal documents to the press, was a "paternal gesture" for a man "with whom the pope shared a...

LONDON- Muslim leaders in Britain on Tuesday attacked proposed legislation to introduce gay marriage as "utterly discriminatory" because it explicitly bans the Church of England from blessing...

MOSCOW, Anna Malpas- One of Russia's jailed Pussy Riot punk band members complained Monday of grey monotony and strict rules in her prison camp in the Urals mountains, in her first detailed account...

MONACO, Catherine Marciano- Top chefs from across the globe rustled up a mouth-watering lesson in Mediterranean cuisine on Saturday, at a pow-wow for 240 food stars hosted in Monaco by France's...

"Apartheid sought to quite deliberately hamstring a whole community, and this practice does the same thing. It is in fact hamstringing whole communities, preventing them from developing as they could...