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Norwegian mass killer's full plans come to light Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik testified on Thursday that he had planned to capture and decapitate former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his shooting massacre

The Norwegian far-right gunman who massacred 77 people last summer gave a clenched-fist salute, smirked at the court and pleaded not guilty on the first day of a trial that threatens to turn into a "circus" showcasing his anti-Islamic

A yacht with seven people on board, among them two South Africans, has gone missing on a cruise between the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean and Pemba in northern Mozambique. A plane from the European Union's anti-piracy force in Djibouti

Somali pirates have acquired sophisticated Libyan weaponry for bolder attacks on ships off the East coast of Africa. That's according to security analyst Judith van der Merwe of the Centre for the Study of Research on Terrorism. She was quoted

Two large earthquakes have struck western Mexico, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and sending people rushing out of offices on to the streets. There were no reports of major damage after the first of the two tremors. The the US

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrived back home early on Thursday, ending speculation over his health. After a week of speculation over his health, his delayed return from what officials said was a private visit to Singapore fuelled rumours

BANGKOK — A powerful 8.6-magnitude earthquake struck more than two hundred miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday spreading panic among residents and reviving memories of the devastating 2004 quake, which struck

Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last summer in attacks he saw as punishing "traitors" who favoured immigration, a psychiatric team said on Tuesday, in a report contradicting an earlier one that found him

Zimbabwe has dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was battling for life in a Singapore hospital as "a lot of hogwash", after his absence forced cabinet to postpone this week's meeting. Zimbabwe's information minister, Webster