It was late on a Monday afternoon at the drunk tank in this Moscow suburb, but it could have been any day, at any hour, at any similar facility across this land. People would come. They always do. Such is Russia's ruinous penchant for the bottle ...

Children who are spanked as 1-year-olds are more likely to behave aggressively and perform worse on cognitive tests as toddlers than children who are spared the punishment, new research shows. Though the negative effects of spanking were "modes...

The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That's the message implicit in the Federal Reserve's latest survey of businesses around the country, which found economic activity stabilizing or improving in most regions.

Dublin - A woman was in hospital last night after her face was slashed with a knife as she was taking her five-year-old son to school. Hours earlier another woman had two fingers severed as she struggled to protect herself while being stabbed by a b...

These extraordinary pictures are the first glimpse inside the squalid back garden compound where Jaycee Lee Dugard was kept captive for 18 years. A hand-painted 'Welcome' sign leads the way to a rundown world of tattered tents and outbuildings amid...

The European Union Forces say Somali pirates have hijacked a Pakistani fishing vessel and 29 sailors onboard, in the Western Indian Ocean, off the Somali coast. A statement from the EU Naval Force on Wednesday said that the ship was hijacked...

Canada's top military official has revealed that his military knew of at least one detainee who was tortured after being transferred into Afghan custody. In saying so, General Walter Natynczyk reversed himself on testimony he gave to lawmakers,...

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday and bulldozed Palestinian cultivated lands, locals reported. Local sources told PIC reporter that four IOF tanks escorted two bulldozers 200 meters...

Three women living in the Irish Republic challenged the country's strict abortion law at the European Court of Human Rights yesterday, claiming that their rights had been violated. The three - two Irish nationals and a Lithuanian - all left their...

The gory photos of male polar bears devouring cubs, dragging shredded carcasses around and creating a bloody mess on the white snow of Canada's North have caused a stir on the Internet and in reports that link the activity to climate change. But...