The rich keep getting richer, both in the United States and especially in the world's emerging markets.

Public and private investments controlled by the richest families are expected to more than dou

At least 18 people were killed in fighting between security officers and prisoners at an Iraqi Interior Ministry jail complex in Baghdad on Sunday, a security official said.

The dead included an al Q

Osama bin Laden stood out not just because of his height but because of his serious, conservative demeanour, according to a Taiwan man who says the al Qaeda leader, killed by U.S. troops on Monday, wa

Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines retained his WBO welterweight title by recording a unanimous points victory over a lackluster Shane Mosley at the MGM Garden Arena on Saturday.

The 32-year-old south

Forces loyal to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi are hiding tanks and artillery and using 'shoot and scoot' tactics in Misrata, frustrating NATO air efforts to break a weeks-long siege of the rebel-held Libyan

Al Qaeda promised retribution to the United States and its allies, including Pakistan, to avenge Osama bin Laden’s death, it said in a statement Friday.
Calling Bin Laden a martyr, the Islamist militant group promised to soon release an audio recording made by its leader a week before he died. The Friday statement was the first confirming Bin Laden’s death.

The stately Georgian home where actor Macaulay Culkin outwitted a pair of bumbling thieves in the 1990 hit film ‘Home Alone’ is for sale for $2.4 million (1.46 million pounds).

John and Cynthia Abend

The Cannes film festival is gearing up for what critics say should be a vintage year, with Hollywood stars out in force, revered directors there in droves and political controversy thrown into the mix

Al Qaeda has acknowledged that Osama bin Laden is dead, dispelling the doubts of some Muslims over whether the militant group's leader had really been killed by US forces, and vowed to mount more attacks on the West.

The global 3D television market will grow more than 5-fold to account for 11 per cent of flat-screen TV sales this year, as prices fall sharply and manufacturers add the function as an add-on feature,