US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is recovering at home after suffering a concussion and plans to stay off work for the next week, a spokesman said Saturday.

World leaders expressed shock and horror after a gunman massacred 20 small children and six teachers on Friday in the US state of Connecticut, one of the worst school shootings in history.

Death threats have been made against the Australian radio hosts involved in the royal prank call tragedy, police said Friday, with station management reportedly moving some staff to safehouses.

Pope Benedict XVI blessed his new Internet flock on Wednesday with his first Twitter message in eight languages to the million-plus followers already signed up to receive holy tweets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin came under criticism from rights activists after he compared Vladimir Lenin’s embalmed corpse to the holy relics of Christian saints.

A pair of highly trained canines guided a modified car along a New Zealand race track Monday, passing their doggie driving tests with flying collars on live television, despite the odd off-road detour

President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt’s Army from Monday to take on police powers — including the right to arrest civilians — in the run-up to a vote on a constitution that has triggered bloodshed.

Three people were killed and eight wounded in a blast outside a mosque in the Kenyan capital, the Kenyan Red Cross and police said today.

Two Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine will not return “until further notice”, their station said today after the woman was found dead.

Former Australia Captain Ricky Ponting was given a highly unusual guard of honour by South Africa's players as he came out to bat in his last ever Test innings Monday.