The Russian presidential election last Sunday was “clearly skewed” in favour of Vladimir Putin.

Syria has again refused to allow aid into the destroyed suburb of Homs amid mounting evidence of human rights abuses.

China’s single child policy was once a source of pride to government planners.

Six specialised teams will crisscross the Netherlands to carry out euthanasia at the homes of patients whose own doctors refuse to do so.

Thousands of people have gathered in Christchurch’s Hagley Park to mark the first anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the city exactly a year ago last Wednesday.

At least 55 people have been killed across Iraq in attacks mostly aimed at security forces.

A team of researchers from the Cedars Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles has proven that heart muscles that die due to lack of blood flow, may not necessarily be gone forever.

Iran has told world powers it is ready to resume talks as soon as possible over its disputed nuclear program.

Thousands of soldiers in the quake-hit Philippines are scouring villages buried under landslides, but authorities say hopes of finding dozens of missing people alive are dim.

Three Indian politicians from a morally conservative party have resigned after being caught watching pornography on a mobile phone in parliament.