More than two decades after Scott Anderson told his California congregation that he was gay and therefore must resign as its pastor, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is preparing to welcome him back.

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Japan has grounded its F-15 fighters for the second time in three months after a fuel tank and parts of a mock missile fell off a jet on a training mission, officials said on Saturday.

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An effigy of Ravan goes up in flames, marking Dussehra, in Jammu on Thursday. — AP

Fans hold their iPhones and iPads displaying candle graphics during a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to Steve Jobs at an Apple Store in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district on Thursday. — AP

Concerns over Wall Street practices and economic inequality that have led to sit-ins and rallies in New York and elsewhere reverberated up to the White House on Thursday, with President Barack Obama s

The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on Thursday to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for their work on women’s rights.

Authorities say a large container ship stuck on a reef off the coast of New Zealand is leaking oil.

Maritime New Zealand says the leak appears to be intermittent and coming from damaged pipes rather

A Taiwanese baseball fan got himself in hot water with his wife when he dropped their young daughter into the stadium seats in front of him in a bungled attempt to catch a foul ball during a televised

A motorist was caught driving while using a laptop, writing down the answers to a quiz on the radio and drinking coffee all at the same time, police said.

The behaviour was observed during a crackdow

It was already too late when Nguyen Van Cuong heard a neighbor shout 'thief! thief!' Two men on a motorbike had snatched up his beloved pet dog 'Black' and were whizzing away.

Cuong and the neighbor