Anders Behring Breivik, on trial for the murder of 77 people in Norway’s worst terrorist act, is convinced the court trying him will find him "sane".
Chinese astronauts have carried out the country’s first manned docking mission, taking it a step closer to building a space station within the decade.
A ticketing scandal involving countries at the Olympics will overshadow the Games as an internal investigation is unlikely to be completed in time.
Francois Hollande’s party has won an absolute majority in Parliament, giving him a free hand to implement a socialist solution to France’s woes.
At a "major event" on Monday, Microsoft appears set to launch its own tablet, running a new version of Windows, in a bid to compete with Apple’s iPad.
Developing countries need to "prepare for the uncertainty coming out of the eurozone", says outgoing World Bank head Robert Zoellick.
Alawites form only 12% of the population, but have a stranglehold on power and will fight to the end for the regime.
South Africa found itself on the receiving end of significant international condemnation, during a UN review of its human rights record this week.
The homeless man who had chunks of his face chewed off in a bizarre attack in Miami is ready for reconstructive surgery – but who will pay for it?
Venezuela’s president has registered to run for a third term in October, publicising it with an open-top parade and folk-song performance.
Cote d’Ivoire’s mercenaries have trained "small boys units" loyal to former president Laurent Gbagbo to launch attacks across Liberia’s border.
Poland and Ukraine, the hosts of Euro 2012, have a serious problem of institutional racism that is clear to any visitor.
UN envoy Ban Ki-moon says the Syrian regime has "lost its fundamental humanity" and no longer has any legitimacy after the massacre of 90 villagers.
A video accompanying Madonna’s recent Tel Aviv concert showed French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s face with a swastika superimposed over it.
Greenpeace says British consumers are unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the Amazon rainforest by buying meat products from Tesco.
G7 finance ministers are backing a greater "fiscal and financial union" as the best way to tackle the debt crisis threatening the single currency.
China has long insisted that other countries desist from meddling in its domestic affairs. Now it appears even smog reports for tourists are verboten.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has accused more than 75 government officials of looting at least $4-billion from the young country’s coffers.
The Vatican is in a fit of pique over a book written by a feminist nun that praises female masturbation and other "deviant" and "depraved" behaviour.
Britain could be asked to underwrite up to 4.8-billion towards a bailout of Greece if the country exits the euro.
The Pope is looking for a break from Vatileaks, which has seen his butler arrested on suspicion of releasing dozens of letters alleging corruption.
Members of an elite Libyan unit, set up to rein in militia, are accused of kidnapping and severely beating one of the country’s foremost surgeons.
Leaked documents show the UK is trying to water down key environmental regulations in Brussels, despite trumpeting its commitment to green issues.
Iran’s supreme leader has threatened a "lightning response" to any Israeli attack, defeating hopes of Western officials for a conciliatory tone.
A BBC presenter is hurt in a fall at a Zimbabwe police station after detention by immigration officials at the end of a children’s concert.
Thirty two children killed in Syria as regime unleashes 18-hour attack on town.
In his first major political announcement since his re-election, Putin unveiled his new government which critics have described as uninspiring.
Climbers from China, Germany, Canada and South Korea have been killed as hundreds made a bid to summit Mount Everest at the weekend.
France’s new president has unveiled a government featuring an equal number of women and men, with figures who reflect the country’s ethnic diversity.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie,the tensest spot in the Cold War, has turned into a more prosaic one.
Hard-bitten news editors were last week discomfited to discover that their teenage kids knew something they didn’t know.
Website claims Khamenei’s key adviser led raid on the home of one of the Green movement’s two main leaders.