China President Calls For 'Great Renaissance'

China's new president Xi Jinping has said he will fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation" in his first speech as head of state of the world's most populous country. Mr Xi called for "arduous efforts for the continued realisation of the...

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Colorado Approves Historic New Gun Laws

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent The US state of Colorado - the scene of two of the worst shooting massacres in the country's history - has passed historic new laws which could prove a model for gun control measures across the country. Politicians...

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Pope Francis: Fond Memories In The Slums

By Amanda Walker, US Correspondent When it comes to Villa 1114 in Buenos Aires - the local advice to tourists is simply "don't go". "Villas" are the city's slums - ghettoized neighbourhoods ridden with crime, poverty and drug abuse. And Villa...

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Pregnant Lacrosse Coach Killed In Bus Crash

A lacrosse coach who was six months pregnant has been killed in a crash in Pennysylvania after her team bus veered off the road and hit a tree. Katrina Quigley, 30, and her unborn child were both killed in the accident as well as the bus driver. The...

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Father And Son Die Hiking In The Alps

A British father and his 12-year-old son who went missing while hiking in the Alps have been found dead. Rescue services in Chamonix were called by the 48-year-old man at 2pm local time on Saturday. He apparently said his son had fallen into a crevasse...

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Pope Francis Ad Libs During His First Angelus

Pope Francis has broken with tradition while delivering the first Angelus of his papacy. As he made his first Sunday window appearance from the balcony of a papal apartment high above St Peter's Square, he delivered off-the-cuff remarks about God's...

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Ohio Rape: High School Players Found Guilty

Two Ohio high school football players have been found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl in a case that roiled a small city and stirred reaction from activists online. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled on Sunday in a juvenile court that Steubenville...

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Five Arrested Over Tourist Gang Rape In India

Five villagers in India have confessed to the gang rape of a Swiss tourist, according to police. The woman was on a cycling holiday with her husband in the impoverished state of Madhya Pradesh state when they were attacked. The five men were all arrested...

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Sarai Sierra: Police Arrest Suspect In Turkey

Turkish police have detained a man wanted for the killing of a New York City woman in Istanbul, an official said. The suspect, identified by authorities only as Ziya T, had been on the run since the body of Sarai Sierra was discovered last month. Authorities...

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Cyprus Postpones Vote On Savings Raid Bailout

Cyprus has delayed a vote on whether savers will have to pay a levy on their bank deposits as part of an EU bailout. The island's parliament had been due to decide whether to back the radical move later on Sunday but has pushed back the vote until Monday....

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