The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just over two feet five inches tall, has died, Britain's Guinness World Records said Monday. He was 21.

Nepal's tourist board was hoping to send visitor numbers soaring by hosting the world's highest same-sex marriage on Mount Everest, The Sun reported Monday.

Hollywood actor Sean Penn met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon during his relief work in Haiti, Sky News reported Monday.

Suspected hit teams from Mexico's powerful Juarez Cartel killed two Americans and a Mexican man linked to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez in coordinated

Google appears increasingly likely to close down its Chinese-language search engine, probably pulling the plug on the site "within weeks," The Wall Street

An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three

The area affected covered a 1243 miles stretch affecting about 80 per cent of Chile's population of 17 million people, officials told AFP.

Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack.

Partial counts from all of Iraq's 18 provinces show the prime minister's bloc leading in the country's key parliamentary elections.

Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said.

Deadly bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to NATO's top general that the Taliban are ready for a coming offensive in their heartland, the

The Vatican has strongly denied that its celibacy requirement is the root of the sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and has again defended Pope Benedict XVI's

A British couple is appealing a jail sentence after being accused of sharing a passionate kiss in a Dubai restaurant.

Nearly half died in one shootout between soldiers and armed men

An avalanche struck a rally of up to 200 snowmobilers in Canada's Rocky Mountains on Saturday, killing at least three people and leaving an unknown number missing, police said.