The attacker was later shot dead by police from a nearby checkpoint who approached after hearing the firing

The US giant faces challenges from activists over alleged depletion of groundwater

Anat Berko of Likud party says letter P does not exist in Arabic, so borrowed term Palestine is worth debating

Iran holds annual celebrations commemorating its 1979 revolution

Reinhold Hanning was taken to court seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis

Pyongyang says it is placing Kaesong under military control and cutting two key communication hotlines with Seoul

Cambodian women in particular are under intense pressure to retain their virginity until marriage

Panic grips city after a woman claimed to have spotted a leopard six kilometres away from Vibgyor school

Group says it was plotting to avenge the deaths of Muslims in Iraq and across the world by America and Britain

Hanumanthappa Koppad was rescued late on Monday after spending six days trapped on the world's highest battlefield