The Egyptian army participated in torture and killings during the 2011 revolution, a report leaked to a British newspaper appears to show.

A man who lived as a hermit in the Maine woods for nearly three decades committed more than 1,000 burglaries for food and supplies, police say.

Global sales of PCs fall 14% in the first three months this year, the biggest fall since research firm IDC began tracking the industry in 1994.

Uruguay's Congress is expected to approve a bill to legalise gay marriage, making it the second country in Latin America to do so.

Access to Jerusalem's Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, could be liberalised in a bid to placate women protesters.

Researchers reporting at the American Chemical Society meeting say they have found high levels of lead in samples of rice imported to the US.

Syrian government forces are targeting civilians in opposition strongholds with air strikes, warns Human Rights Watch in a new report.

Malawi accuses US singer Madonna of "bullying state officials" after she reportedly complained about her treatment on a visit to the country.