Gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a shoe factory in Honduras, killing at least 18 people and wounding several others, police said. At least four men burst into the factory in the northern coastal city of San Pedro Sula and opened fire on...

The U.N. atomic agency expressed alarm Monday about Iran’s decision to bar some of its inspectors, suggesting that its efforts to monitor the country’s nuclear program were suffering as a result. The unusually blunt International Atomic...

Family and friends of the McFall family say they cannot understand the circumstances of their deaths A florist beat his wife and daughter to death before hanging himself after 95% of his income “disappeared in a moment”, a coroner...

A mother who lives in a three-bedroomed house with ten children and her partner has called for officials to give her two adjoining homes to accommodate her large family. Donna Harrison said she has been asking social landlord Incommunities to allocate...

Iraq’s supreme court has ratified the results of the March election, officially ruling that Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiyya party won by a narrow margin. The ruling clears the way for further negotiations between parties trying to form a coalition...

A cat which became famous for catching the same bus every day for four years has been run over and killed - while crossing the road to catch its daily lift. Crafty Casper died in a hit and run accident as he tried to board the No3 service. He...

The Swiss government has laid out the details of proposals to ban or severely restrict assisted suicide as part of plans to tackle “suicide tourism”. More than 100 Britons with terminal or incurable illnesses have used the Swiss centre...

Cuba is to send zoo animals, which may include a lion, a pygmy hippopotamus and a baby giraffe, to Venezuela in exchange for veterinary equipment.