Oregon police say the 17-year-old was detained following a tip-off from a member of the public. […]

With more people now choosing ebooks rather than traditional paperbacks, the literary Hay Festival has had to adapt. […]

More than 235 rescues have taken place across San Antonio after the city was hit by flooding. […]

Police are investigating the murder of a 55-year-old man at a betting shop in south London. […]

The authorities in France are looking at whether the attack may have been influenced by Drummer Lee Rigby's murder. […]

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has promised to toughen the expense rules of the Senate of Canada following a scandal that led to the resignation of his chief of staff. […]

The foreign-backed ‘Syrian National Coalition’ (SNC) has failed to reach a consensus on whether to participate in an international conference on the crisis in Syria that is expected to take place in Geneva in June. […]

Tehran has criticized Secretary of State John Kerry and other US officials for their interfering remarks about Iran’s upcoming presidential election. […]

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) says the rebel group is close to reaching a deal on land reform with the government of Colombia. […]

A jailed Azeri journalist says he was arrested in May 2012 and then transferred to the Israeli Embassy in Baku, where he was tortured by Israeli guards. […]

Britain’s elite school Eton, where Prime Minister David Cameron went to school, has asked 13-year old boys to pretend to be Prime Minister and justify the army shooting dead 25 protesters in a speech to win a scholarship, British media reported. […]

Thousands of people have taken to streets of the Portuguese capital to protest against austerity measures imposed by the government. […]

Tehran has roundly condemned a terror bombing in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, which left a number of Iranian pilgrims dead and several others wounded. […]

Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Gharazi says top of his agenda will be to form an anti-inflation government if he wins the upcoming election. […]

France has planned to keep a military presence in Mali beyond 2014, the country’s defense minister has announced. […]