Ireland’s defense minister resigned from his post Thursday after falsely accusing a political rival of running a brothel – and then denying in court that he made the slanderous comment. Defense Minister Willie O’Dea insisted his sworn...

Irish police have released a man held over an explosives find, after Slovak authorities admitted planting them in his luggage as part of a security test.

Two and a half millennia and 79 generations separate the great philosopher Confucius from his youngest direct descendant – a Manchester United fan from West London. This weekend in one corner of a sprawling graveyard James Hung, 14, embarked on a...