Police are investigating claims that Hollywood star Mel Gibson allegedly shoved and verbally abused an Australian photographer.

Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond due to start on Sunday.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed "Female Viagra".

China devalued its currency after a run of poor economic data, a move it billed as a free-market reform.

Six children and two adults have been found handcuffed and fatally shot in the head in a Texas home, following the arrest of a man who exchanged gunfire with police.

The Japanese city of Nagasaki is marking 70 years since the dropping of an atomic bomb by the United States.

A jury in the US state of Colorado spares gunman James Holmes the death penalty for killing 12 people at a screening of a Batman film in 2012.

Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.

While some tech companies have their sights set on commercial deliveries by drone, the black market is already one step ahead.

Civil rights campaigners in US start a 40-day march to highlight what they say is a fresh attack on equal rights for African Americans.

President Barack Obama signs an executive order calling for the US to build the world's fastest computer by 2025.

US accuses Russia, Thailand, Iran and Libya of insufficient action against human trafficking, in a damning report on a global scourge which the State Department decried as "modern slavery."

Cuba and the United States formally renewed diplomatic ties Monday, as embassies reopened in their respective capitals, a powerful move toward burying decades of enmity between the Cold War foes.

In another fifteen months, the world's eyes will be riveted on the United States to see who the next US President will be.

A deal on limiting Iran's nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions has been reached at talks in Vienna, diplomats say.

Looks like this 3-year-old will think twice before flagrantly disregarding any traffic laws again.

Ellen DeGeneres has become the latest high-profile figure to join the tens of thousands of people responding to a powerful post on the Humans of New York Facebook page.

United States win the Women's World Cup for third time with crushing 5-2 victory over Japan.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has lost his hot dog eating crown to Matt Stonie at the Fourth of July contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island.

Sugary drinks cause 184,000 deaths worldwide annually, including 25,000 deaths in the United States, according to a new study reports LiveScience.