A Norwegian lawmaker has nominated WikiLeaks for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, stating that the secret-spilling website is one of the most important contributors to freedom of speech in the 21st century.

By Steven Swinford 11:16AM GMT 30 Nov 2010 In August 2009 when he was prime minister, Mr Brown attempted to strike a deal during a face-to-face meeting with the US ambassador, arguing that Mr McKinnon’s medical condition meant he would commit...

Fifa executive committee members Amos Adamu and Reynald Temarii have been banned from voting in the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting ballot.

George Bush is facing international condemnation after claiming that British lives were saved as a result of torture.

China is investigating four Japanese suspected of illegally filming military targets and entering a military zone without authorization, state media reported amid a tense diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo over a fishing boat collision near...

Motorcycle racing endured its second tragedy in eight days Sunday, this time at the San Marino Grand Prix. Shoya Tomizawa became the second teenage rider to die in the sport when the 19-year-old fell and was hit by two trailing riders during the Moto2...

Libya freed 37 prisoners late on Tuesday, including at least one former detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, who had been jailed for links to radical Islamist groups but have since renounced violence. The prisoners were kissed and...

Floods have displaced nearly 60,000 people in the last month in south Sudan with many at risk of malaria and other diseases, the semi-autonomous region’s government said Tuesday. The crisis is another hurdle for the war-ravaged south ahead of a...

Two days after President Paul Kagame was overwhelmingly re-elected, Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, was struck by a grenade attack on Wednesday night, rattling the calm that had prevailed during the voting. The police said that three people had been...

From his ramshackle Gaza home, Palestinian Sobhi Hamami, 61, fondly recalls the 23 years he worked on an Israeli kibbutz, where he learned Hebrew, swam in the pool with Israeli friends and celebrated holidays with his Jewish boss. His son Mohammed, 21,...