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Natural England has issued the second licence allowing farmers to shoot badgers under measures designed to control bovine TB. The cull could start in weeks in West Somerset, a...

Social media company Facebook Inc reported on Thursday it reached the 1 billion user mark last month, while Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said it would keep pursuing growth through...

President Barack Obama's backers scrambled to keep his edge in the presidential race on Thursday after rival Mitt Romney's aggressive debate performance put his campaign on a more positive...

GCHQ director Iain Lobban, has said there were "enduring lessons" to be drawn from the work of Alan Turing. In a rare public speech the intelligence agency chief said...

By Tayfun Kesgin According to an ancient Japanese legend, there was once a single peoples living in the steppes of Central Asia. Then, out of reasons unknown, this nation...

The Turkish Parliament is voting on an abrupt motion that will allow the government necessary military retaliation against Syria after a mortar strike killed five Turkish civilians in Turkey's...

In a letter to the UN Human Rights Committee a Swiss NGO has criticised a failure of the Bosnian authorities to investigate the murder of two elderly Bosnian Serb...

NATO demanded an immediate halt to "aggressive acts" against alliance member Turkey on Wednesday after a mortar strike launched from Syria killed five Turkish civilians. Ambassadors from the alliance's...

Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan, constantly watched and regularly bombarded by US military drones, has been called the most dangerous place on earth. The relentless assault exacts a huge...

After several difficult weeks, Republican Mitt Romney found his footing on Wednesday night in a strong debate performance against Democratic President Barack Obama. The question is whether it is...