By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED: 12:48 EST, 31 December 2012 | UPDATED: 16:17 EST, 31 December 2012 The U.S. will plummet over the fiscal cliff at midnight. Congressional leaders

A Cairo prosecution office has begun investigating a shooting on a number of Tahrir protesters that took place early on Monday leaving one dead and

These giant symbols etched into the desert are a welcoming message to aliens from Tom Cruise's deeply secretive church of Scientology.The religion, which believes a

By and large, 2012 was a good year for the film industry. Movies such as “The Avengers,” “The Dark Knight Rises,” and “The Hunger Games”

This gruesome image of a tumour growing from a cigarette is part of the Government's latest attempt to get millions of Britons to stop smoking.The

Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris needed only four months to put the Washington Redskins in a place they haven't been this millennium – on

Facebook was forced to take down its New Year's Eve message feature today after it was found to have a flaw that allows anyone to

The Philadelphia Eagles fired coach Andy Reid after 14 seasons, the team announced Monday. "Andy Reid won the most games of any head coach in Eagles history and

The Kansas City Chiefs will fire coach Romeo Crennel on Monday, but not general manager Scott Pioli, at least not now, according to league sources. The

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- General manager Mike Tannenbaum became the first casualty of the New York Jets' disappointing season. Tannenbaum, who has run the football operation

BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns are changing again after Monday's announcement of the dismissals of coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert.Their firings

A pub landlord who went missing with a £30,000 Christmas fund has been found dead in the sea near Dover. Malcolm Levesconte, 59, was last seen

Pity old George. It was bad enough for the first President Bush to spend Christmas in hospital. To add insult to illness (bronchitis), a German

How they were announced Kanye singing "Now you having my baaaaby" through an Auto-Tuned mic; various Kardashians tweeting Official statement from St James's Palace –

After attending his last service in his post on Sunday, the Rowan Williams will be leaving Canterbury and become Cantabrigian as he heads to Cambridge

By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED: 12:48 EST, 31 December 2012 | UPDATED: 16:17 EST, 31 December 2012 The U.S. will plummet over the fiscal cliff at midnight. Congressional leaders

Ibrahim Magag, 28, was last seen on Boxing Day in North London. Police have alerted all ports and airports amid fears that he is heading

Ibrahim Magag, 28, was last seen on Boxing Day in North London. Police have alerted all ports and airports amid fears that he is heading

Floodwater swept away one of Britain’s oldest bridges yesterday and forced the cancellation of the New Year’s Day race meeting at Cheltenham Racecourse as rain

In Sydney, Australia, two hours further west, the sky above the Harbour Bridge erupted to the sound of £4.2m exploding fireworks. Officials claimed 1.5 million