The judge in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius will deliver her verdict on September 11. Also in this Section. Filmmaker Menahem Golan dies at 85 · Anger over PSNI poppy 'ban' during WWI events · Bonfires blaze as nationalists mark internment date ...

From flamboyant parades to symbolic same-sex weddings, taboos surrounding homosexuality -- once viewed as a "social evil" -- are slowly crumbling in Vietnam, but activists say only freedom to marry will bring true equality. In the latest celebration of the ...

This weekend may be your chance to see one of the most spectacular moons of this year. On the evening of Sunday, August 10, you'll get an opportunity to see the most super of "supermoons" of 2014. Supermoon setting over the Centennial Mountains WSA ...

Any bid by Russia to deliver humanitarian aid into Ukraine would be viewed as an invasion, the United States said on Friday, warning that Moscow voiced similar concerns for civilians before its brief 2008 war with Georgia. Russia has offered to send a convoy ...

The UK and US governments have warned Russia not to use humanitarian assistance as a pretext for sending troops into eastern Ukraine. Any such intervention would be "completely unacceptable and "viewed as an invasion of Ukraine", said the US ...