Surprise concession granted as China prepares for trial of Gu Kailai for alleged murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Power cuts have plunged 20 of India’s 28 states into darkness as energy suppliers fail to meet growing demand for electricity.
Stage performances in Italy, Spain and France have suffered from funding cuts, but ticket sales are high.
The UK has followed measures by the US and Netherlands after a UN report accused Rwanda of arming rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"The Dark Knight Rises" may be the year’s most talked about movie, but it is unlikely to be in the running for major awards come Oscars season.
Thousands of hipsters deliberately risked appearing dangerously sincere when their ironic competition suddenly turned competitive.
The musician has told the International Aids conference the epidemic has been ‘fuelled by stigma, violence and indifference’.
What has been called the worst rains in 60 years has left China asking questions about its basic infrastructure after 37 die in Beijing flood.
Condemnation of Syria has increased after it issued a veiled threat to use chemical or biological weapons if it was attacked by outside forces.
Melting ice caps, the influx of trawlers, and Shell’s $4-billion investment to drill for fossil fuels in the Chukchi Sea all raise fears.
As the US came to terms with another gun massacre on Saturday, new details emerged of the victims of the cinema shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
The UN has launched a campaign against illegal trade, which it says is worth more than six times the global aid budget and has a high human cost.
Industrial policy is only one of many signs that signify the recent shifts in the debate on development policy, especially in relation to Africa.
Jerry del Missier, who resigned from Barclays Bank, will face a select committee as the US considers launching a criminal inquiry into the scandal.
BP could net a $30-billion windfall from its 50% stake in TNK-BP as it opens discussions with other potential buyers besides AAR consortium.
Oxford-based scientists think they can combat malaria by disrupting breeding with genetically modified insects. But is that safe?
The small town of Tremseh has suffered what may be the single worst atrocity of the Syrian uprising, say eyewitnesses.
Human rights group says blood diamond money being siphoned to finance the president and his secret police.
Chinese police have rescued 3 600 smuggled crocodiles they believe were en route to dining tables in the southern Guangdong province.
The family of South Africa’s former president has spread its wings to take advantage of the freedoms he won for them.
The brother of the Nobel prize-winning Colombian writer says the side-effects of cancer treatment have accelerated his decline.
The Gulf state is daring to flex its diplomatic, cultural and military muscles. And the effects are being felt from the Shard to Syria.
Adverse weather in other major grain-producing countries has speculators betting on costs rising.
Former chief executive of France Telecom Didier Lombard quit his post after criticism of his handling of a spate of suicides among employees.
Bashar al-Assad says Syrian air defence forces shot down a Turkish fighter last week because they believed it was an Israeli aircraft.
President Francois Hollande must find up to 100-billion if the eurozone’s second biggest economy, France, is to meet deficit-reduction targets.
Melinda Taylor and three colleagues from the ICC, accused of smuggling documents to Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, have been freed after apologising.
European leaders have drafted a radical plan to turn the eurozone into a fully fledged political federation in an attempt to calm financial markets.
A Fox News reporter has been chosen to polish the Vatican’s image amid signs of a power shift in the upper echelons the Roman Catholic Church.
Julian Assange’s decision to seek asylum in Ecuador is "a tragedy" for the women who have accused him of sexual assault in Sweden, says their lawyer.
Germany’s Angela Merkel is poised to remove opposition to direct lending by rescue fund in a move seen as a step towards sharing the debt burden.
The Rio+20 conference is billed as a "once in a generation" opportunity for global sustainability but it’s expected to end with a whimper, not a bang.