A bronze buttock ‘liberated’ from a statue of Saddam Hussein after the fall of Baghdad in 2003 has attracted global attention ahead of an auction later this month, its owner says.

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Arab League officials say Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting to discuss whether to suspend Syria from the organisation to pressure Damascus to end the deadly crackdown on anti-gover

Two brothers have been charged with stealing a western Pennsylvania bridge and selling the 15 1/2 tons of scrap metal for more than $5,000.

Police say 24-year-old Benjamin Arthur Jones and 25-year-ol

AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi is photographed by members of Bhutan’s royal family as he stands with former king Jigme Wangchuck (right) during King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck’s wedding celeb

Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema kiss at the main stadium as part of their wedding celebrations in Thimphu on Saturday. — AP

The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated Press has learned.

The decision to pull out fully by January will effectively end more th

Thailand's government is expressing confidence that Bangkok will escape the worst flooding to hit this nation in decades as flood waters begin receding across central plains north of the capital.

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Anti-Wall Street demonstrators in San Diego have formed a human chain around a tent in a downtown plaza where they've camped out for a week and are refusing police orders to take it down.

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An American drone strike in southern Yemen has killed seven al-Qaeda-linked militants, including the media chief for the group's Yemeni branch and the son of a prominent U.S.-born cleric slain in a si

Thundering typh-oons! Steven Spielberg has won the seal of approval of Tintin’s native land — and that’s no mean feat.