Princess Lilian of Sweden, wife of the late Prince Bertil, was laid to rest next to the love of her life in Stockholm today after a state ceremony.

The island nation has been bailed out by European partners and the International Monetary Fund in a bid to prevent it entering a bankruptcy which could rekindle the region’s debt crisis.

The League Against Cruel Sports said it was targeting people hunting illegally, hare coursing, badger baiting and other wildlife crimes with cameras mounted on remote-controlled aircraft (file photo).

Terrified Mafalda Clewlow took pictures of a 25-minute pitbull attack on her King Charles spaniel Spot in Bedfordshire, in the hope it will catch the pitbull owners.

With large eyes staring out behind his brilliantly painted face this child is a proud member of one of the Omo Valley tribes who live in Ethoipia, east Africa.

For three agonising minutes, Kim Spooner stared intently at the man sitting in the dock, as the court fell silent for the exact length of time that it had taken the drifter to strangle her sister on a Caribbean island.

As oil-rich North Dakota moves toward outlawing most abortions, it's in a better position than most states for what could be a long and costly court battle over its restrictions.

Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare

MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed Saturday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space Station.

Following the first energy speech of his second term, President Obama promoted new energy spending in his weekly address Saturday while Republicans looked to the budget in an address delivered by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. The president noted the increase in gas prices in recent…