New Zealand scored 13 unanswered second-half points to beat an improved England side 19-6 in the rugby Test at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has held his first talks with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic Church's invitation to disaffected Anglicans.

An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment has embarked on the first spacewalk of his career, tackling maintenance work outside the ... more

A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces.

British PM Gordon Brown has visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds in the heaviest rainfall on record in ... more

Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage.