North Korea held a live artillery drill close to its disputed border with South Korea, its official state news agency reported today.

China's parliament formally elected heir-in-waiting Xi Jinping as the country's new president today, completing the country's second orderly political succession since the Communist Party took power in 1949.

A Pakistani soldier was tied to a car and stoned to death on the orders of a tribal court following allegations that he had an affair with a local woman.

Soldier admitted illegally possessing a Glock 9mm pistol and more than 300 rounds of ammunition at a court martial

A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said today.

Construction worker's granddaughter is due to be born in May

State media reported yesterday that Pyongyang has carried out its threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War.

Priest reveals how he tried to save two undercover British soldiers discovered at a Belfast funeral in 1988.

French and Chadian troops have captured the main al-Qa’ida “citadel” in northern Mali, according to French officials and journalists.

Tough UN sanctions draw angry response from Pyongyang as tensions rise in the area

Landing is part of training operation for French Navy

The exam beard oozes intellectual machismo and is a great soother in times of stress

The "Desert Rats" are to lose their tanks in a shake-up of the UK's shrinking Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

South American socialist leader dies of cancer aged 58 in a Caracas hospital