Using an advanced photographic technique, researchers have reconstructed a signature which they believe could be that of William Shakespeare — or the work of a clever forger.

The US Department of Defence has urged North Korea not to go ahead with its plans to launch a satellite.

"The North Koreans will be violating Security Council resolutions if they move ahead with such

China's financial supervision has made significant progress but more efforts are needed to meet challenges ahead, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

"Regulation and supervision of China's ba

A US Navy F-18 jet crashed into a low-rise apartment building in Virginia on Friday triggering an inferno, US media reported, with emergency responders rushing to the scene.

The two crew members succ

The United States said on Wednesday it was ready to relax some sanctions on Myanmar to recognise its fledgling democratic transition, including a ban on U.S. companies investing in or offering financi

The United States has formally sent to trial Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged Pakistani mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks, along with four other suspected Al Qaeda militants involved in its planning. T

Barack Obama's re-election campaign team has confronted Mitt Romney head-on with an advertisement campaign in six key battle ground States, challenging his claims about the incumbent US President.

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A woman in Maryland, USA, who claims to be one of the three winners of the record jackpot lottery of 640 million dollars, appeared at a news conference with her lawyer but without the ticket.

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US President Barack Obama's uncle has received a hardship driver's licence, just a week after he lost his regular licence for 45 days in a drunken-driving case.

Onyango Obama, 67, was granted a hards

Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented outage for the extremist network's online forums, analysts said on Tuesday.

"All of them essentially went dow