Egypt's military-backed prime minister said today his country will not halt its crackdown on foreign-funded nonprofit groups despite what he called threats by Western and Arab countries to cut off aid, further deepening a bitter dispute that has strained ties with the United States.

The US Supreme Court today added another wrinkle to Ohio's debate over how strictly the state's lethal injection procedures should be followed, refusing to allow the execution of a condemned killer of an elderly couple to proceed.

A Home Office minister is to fly to Jordan to try to gain assurances that would enable radical cleric Abu Qatada  to stand trial in the country.

Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov today amid continuing anger at Moscow's decision to block a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria.

A suspected member of the Zetas drug gang has led Mexican authorities to a mass grave site at two ranches in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

Footage of Iceland?s answer to the Loch Ness monster, otherwise known as the Lagarfljot river worm, slithering through icy water, has been captured by an amateur cameraman.

The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said today, as Russia tried to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in military assaults targeting government opponents.

Scientists have reached Antarctica's largest icebound freshwater lake hidden for millions of years under miles of ice.

Greek coalition leaders are studying a draft deal on further cuts demanded to secure a new bailout that will allow the country to avoid bankruptcy next month.

Downing Street today rejected Argentine claims that Britain is creating a risk to international security by "militarising" the long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands.