Three people have been arrested in Spain in connection with the kidnap of a five-year-old boy in Pakistan, according to reports.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has apologised over revelations that he failed to alert the police about a peadophile priest.

At least seven people have been shot in clashes between Ugandan security forces and regional loyalists.

An increasing number of attacks are being reported at makeshift tent camps for survivors of the Haitain earthquake.

Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with their own blood into the residence of the Thai prime minister on Wednesday.

CCTV images of the British exchange student who went missing during his year abroad in the US have been released today.

Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi has managed to teach an alpaca how to catch waves.

Thousands of endangered Olive Ridley turtles have begun mass nesting at Rushikulya beach in India's eastern Orissa state.