Prosecutors are expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. ... more

Sri Lanka will release 136,000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees on 1 December, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year ... more

British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the ... more

Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the ... more

Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the £6bn machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago. ... more

Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the £6bn machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago. ... more