FANS and friends expressed shock yesterday at the death of a South Korean model who was found hanged in her central Paris apartment.

A VATICAN researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as the burial cloth of ... more

A BRITISH couple being held hostage by Somali pirates say they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom ... more

SRI LANKA plans to let war-displaced civilians move freely in and out of internment camps ahead of completing their planned resettlement in two months.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has trapped 139 miners and injured an unknown number of people but there were no ... more

Major Nidal Hasan, who has been charged with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder over a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas ... more