A U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of aiding drug and human smugglers made his first appearance in federal court today.

First lady Laura Bush is on a mission to Afghanistan, where she's been highlighting signs of progress in the war-weary nation.

The Scottish Parliament's own think-tank has called for tax from alcohol sales to be ringfenced for treating the country's 150,000 "hazardous drinkers". In a report to be published today, Scotland's Futures ...

AMY Winehouse faces ruin after being caught on camera out of her head in a crack den and singing an astonishing racist chant.

Guns intended for make-believe action on the silver screen are winding up in the hands of real-life criminals due to a "loophole" in Canadian laws, says an RCMP intelligence report.