A British sex offender who abused a 14-year-old Cambodian boy has been jailed for the crime in his home country.
Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defense Forces statement said Tuesday.
Thousands of New Yorkers -- including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn -- marched to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.
A Coen brothers comedy, a daring Chinese expose of exploitation and moral rot, and a divorce drama by an Iranian Oscar winner emerged as the breakout favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark Tuesday.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - A devastating, two-mile-wide tornado touched down near Oklahoma City on Monday, killing at least 51 people - including at least 20 children - as it decimated homes, businesses and a pair of elementary schools in the suburb of Moore.
An Australian zoo said Tuesday the birth of a southern white rhinoceros was a "sign of hope" for the species given the escalation of poaching in Africa.
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
The 2012-13 Premier League campaign could not match its predecessor for suspense, but a host of late-season retirements and managerial changes foreshadowed seismic changes in the English game.
A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, tearing down blocks of homes and at least two schools and leaving at least 51 people dead, local officials told US media.
Reinvigorated technology player Yahoo! unveiled a dusted-off design of its Flickr photo platform only hours after the company's dramatic acquisition of blogging site Tumblr.