Four people are believed to have been killed in a US air force helicopter crash in north Norfolk, on the east coast of England.

Nearly 100 former police and fire personnel are arrested in a sweeping fraud investigation involving federal disability benefits.

The rescued Australasian Antarctic Expedition arrives at the Casey research base, just as the ships it left stuck in thick sea ice finally start moving.

In a new memoir, former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates lambasts President Obama's handling of the Afghan war.

China will open up some telecom services to foreign ownership in the Shanghai free trade zone.

Although smoking is becoming less popular in many parts of the world, the total number of people who smoke is growing and has reached close to a billion, global figures reveal.

A hardline Islamist group in Syria urges its supporters to attack rival rebel factions, rejecting calls for a ceasefire between warring opposition groups.

All 50 US states see sub-zero temperatures, including the town of Hell, Michigan, which freezes over.