Two weeks after he allegedly came within a hairsbreadth of bringing down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has pleaded not guilty after hearing charges against him in a federal…

The Africa Cup of Nations got off to the worst possible start today when unidentified gunmen attacked the Togolese team bus, wounding several players and reportedly killing the driver. The government in Angola, where the tournament…

Lawyers for a young Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US plane on Christmas Day pleaded not guilty on Friday, as he faced life imprisonment on six charges.

SPRINGFIELD – Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown are sharpening their tone in the final days of…

Rural homes in Surrey face a third evening without heating or lighting, but are told that they should have power by Saturday morning.

As with many paranoid schizophrenics, Walter Sartory’s life was governed by fear. Convinced that the CIA was spying on him, the brilliant mathematician and scientist moved to a secluded home in Kentucky, where he filled the garage…

The Fire Brigades Union says some progress has been made after talks over shift changes proposed by their employers.

You need a reality sandwich; let’s touch base about this offline; let’s not try to build a chestnut fence to keep the sand dunes in — these expressions are only some of the worst office jargon to emerge over the last 10 years.

Passenger ferry services are suspended after the harbour in Bristol became partially frozen overnight.

Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved plans to legalise gay marriage, less than three decades after revoking the country’s ban on homosexuality.