The number of people confirmed dead after one of the US' strongest tornadoes ever has been revised to 24, amid a renewed hunt for survivors. More »Oklahoma Tornado: 24 Dead As Search Resumes
An elderly woman whose home was destroyed by the Oklahoma tornado found her pet dog among the rubble during a live TV interview. More »Tornado survivor finds dog during TV interview
At least two people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in Oklahoma after mulitple twisters swept through the US state reducing homes to rubble. More »'Violent And Dangerous' Tornadoes Strike US
A British man has appeared before a court in France after the bodies of his two children were found by police in his flat in Lyon. More »France Killings: Julian Stevenson In Court
Prince Charles and Prince William are hosting a conference to call for a global partnership to stop illegal trade in wildlife. More »Princes Call For Wildlife Trafficking Ban
Real Madrid say Jose Mourinho will leave at the end of the season, clearing his path for a rumoured return to English football. More »Jose Mourinho To Leave Real Madrid
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread and an urgent call for restraint from the United States. About 30 Hezbollah fighters were killed on Sunday, Syrian activists said, along with 20 Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad during the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, near the Lebanon border. ... More »Hezbollah in big Syria battle, Obama "concerned"
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday expanded the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to head out to sea, restoring a limit it cut in half two months ago in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave. The Defence Ministry announced the decision two days before a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who is trying to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks stalled since 2010. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the expansion of the zone from three to six nautical miles (5.5 to 11 km), a statement said. ... More »Israel extends Palestinians' Gaza fishing zone
The United States on Monday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged all nations to ensure freedom of religion. More »US denounces rising anti-Muslim, anti-Jewish sentiment
Israel's army and Syrian forces exchanged fire across the sensitive ceasefire line on the Golan Heights on Tuesday, but the Jewish state denied one of its vehicles had been destroyed. More »Israeli army denies vehicle destroyed by Syrian fire
Russian security services claim to have foiled a planned terrorist attack in Moscow after a shootout that killed two alleged militants. More »Moscow 'Terror Attack Foiled After Shootout'
Syria claims it has destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan Heights. More »Syria 'Destroys' Israeli Vehicle In Golan Heights
By Regan Doherty DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more pressing. "We heard in the past that reform (in the Arab world) must wait until a peaceful settlement with Israel is achieved, but everybody should realise that such belief is now unfounded after the Arab Spring revolts," Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani told a conference in the Qatari capital. ... More »Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing - Qatar
"No option" is off the table if the Syrian regime does not negotiate seriously at planned peace talks, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said. More »William Hague: 'All Options' Open Over Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. A statement said a military vehicle was damaged by shots fired from Syria but that there were no injuries. It said that soldiers "returned precise fire". Gunfire incidents across the frontier from Syria have recurred in past months during an escalating a civil war there in which rebels have sought to topple President Bashar al-Assad. ... More »Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops
Nigeria's military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. More »Nigeria says it has retaken five Islamist strongholds
The case has been closed on missing Utah mum Susan Powell, whose husband became prime suspect for her disappearance before he then killed himself and their two sons. More »Susan Powell Mystery: Case Closed By Police
A Burmese python measuring nearly 19ft has been captured in South Florida. More »Biggest Burmese Python Ever Caught In Florida
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman, a long time director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, as special envoy citing a "troubling trend" of anti-Semitism around the world. Forman succeeds Hannah Rosenthal, who stepped down last year. The 2012 report on religious freedom said an increase worldwide in anti-Semitism was "of great concern. ... More »U.S. names envoy to combat anti-Semitism, warns of rising incidents
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that suffered in South Africa. Kerry is due to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday and Friday. U.S.-brokered peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel broke down in 2010 in a dispute over continuing Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told a U.N. ... More »Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts