Candidates of Sierra Leone’s ruling and main opposition parties are heading for a presidential runoff after March 7 elections failed to produce a first-round winner. Chief electoral commissioner Mohamed N’Fah Alie Conteh said Tuesday that opposition candidate and former military junta...

Scientist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday, said a spokesman for his family. His family later released a statement confirming his death at his home in Cambridge. "We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. He was a...

MOSCOW (Reuters)- Soon after Vladimir Putin is re-elected Sunday, his thoughts will turn to the question that is likely to dominate his next term as Russia’s president: what will he do when it ends? Putin’s victory in the presidential election is not in doubt as his ratings are high and he...

MOSCOW (AFP) -  Russia on Tuesday slammed Britain's accusations of involvement in the poisoning of a former double agent as an attempt to discredit Moscow and demanded that London give it access to the nerve agent. The Russian foreign ministry summoned the British ambassador to a...