European airports are struggling to help thousands of passengers stranded after severe wintry weather paralysed parts of Europe’s transport network.

A Singapore court has sentenced the UK author Alan Shadrake to six weeks in prison for insulting the judiciary in a book he wrote about the death penalty.

On Thursday, Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Britain for the first papal visit to the country in nearly three decades. The visit has been marred by controversy due to ongoing investigations in several countries into the sexual molestation of children...

The head of Guinea’s election commission has died, amid speculation that Sunday’s presidential run-off could be postponed. Last week election chief Ben Sekou Sylla was convicted of fraud during the first round in June, raising the first...

On Sept. 11, 2001, Ahmed Bin Baz was on vacation in Paris, and as he watched the horrors in New York and Washington unfold on television, he felt “a huge shock” that resonated on a deeply spiritual level. As details emerged of how 15 of the 19...

Laura Anness, 27, had been vying to take the title for four years before finally realising her dream at the annual beauty pageant in Newquay earlier this month. But she has now been dethroned after event staff ruled she had cheated by claiming she was...

Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika on Wednesday told the country to stop talking about a gay couple’s “satanic” wedding, after he pardoned their 14-year prison sentence for sodomy. Mutharika announced on Saturday that he had pardoned...

Britain’s House of Commons opened a new legislative session on Tuesday with centuries-old rituals and a stark change: its first coalition government since World War II. In keeping with tradition, the legislators chose a speaker to represent them,...

Holmes, 28, set up three foil-lined tents each containing marijuana plants cultivated under a battery of halogen lamps. The powerful lights sent the temperature in his home soaring to more than 100°F (38°C), an inquest heard.

A British man who said on Twitter that he would blow up an airport if his flight was delayed by snow was convicted Monday of sending a threatening message and made to pay 1,000 pounds ($1,500). Paul Chambers, 26, insisted his post on the micro-blogging...