A strong earthquake shook parts of Iran Friday injuring many and burying...

Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such...

A US-based religious group calling for everyone to burn a copy of the Quran in remembrance of 9/11 victims has been slammed by groups across the...

A royal commission which heard testimony from more than 400 people has found Australia's system for responding to bushfires deficient and has called for major...

A young boy accidentally shot dead his friend after playing with unattended gun in...

The Greek government has announced that the military will step in to supply fuel to critical sectors of the economy to ease the pressure created by a crippling lorry driver...

The Israeli military has attacked parts of the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire on...

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria, both major regional powers, have visited Lebanon to throw their support behind the fractured unity...

Fire fighters across central Russia have been battling to contain runaway fires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed...

Police filmed dragging a women along the pavement with her baby slung round her back are accused of...

Police in Moscow have arrested a leading Kremlin opponent and several other activists at a demonstration demanding freedom of assembly. Several hundred protesters gathered in a Moscow square for a...

BAKU -- Police dispersed an unsanctioned opposition rally in the center of Baku on July 31, reportedly arresting around 100 people. The antigovernment protest was organized by the opposition Musavat...

Reply "A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs". Really! If the statemant above is correct, then my mother must be the president ot the French Republic.Men who run the Islamic Republic...

Social Security Administration is about to terminate cash assistance for thousands of indigent refugees who are severely disabled or over the age of 64. “You will lose your Supplemental...

Rep. Anthony Weiner unleashed his Brooklyn bravado in the revered halls of Congress this week, lacing into Republicans in a frenetic tirade that cemented the salamander-svelte-pol as a Beltway...

PALMDALE, Calif. — Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high...

Traveling on the Rohtang Pass road in northern India, can be treacherous, with various natural and animal obstacles, so India is building a...

Hitler and Stalin. He has political opponents killed, journalists silenced and elections rigged in the film, all while keeping his faltering country locked in a Soviet time warp. For years, human...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted positively during a closed meeting to discuss a Gallup poll that showed that the American public's support for Israel at it's highest level since the First...

A rally to commemorate the murder of two gay youth at a Tel Aviv community center a year ago and protest violence against gays in Israeli society was ready to begin in Tel Aviv Saturday night,...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana : Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm. As...

NOWSHERA - Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever,...

Young Australian sailor Jessica Watson left Sydney Harbour on October 18 last year and for the next 210 days braved storms, loneliness and a collision with a ship as she fought to become the youngest...

People who shed pounds and then consistently logged on to a specially designed Internet site for weight maintenance were better able to maintain a significant portion of their weight loss than people...

Teens with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to drop out of high school or delay completing high school than other kids, a new study has...

The Arizona Department of Corrections and the Flagstaff Police said on Saturday that the three disappeared from a medium-security facility and are considered to be armed and...

(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has deployed troops to areas near the Colombian border and says he is reviewing plans for a potential war as tension between the two nations...

(CNN) -- Two journalists kidnapped earlier this week by armed gunmen in Gomez Palacio, Mexico, were freed by their captors unharmed Saturday, according to the state-run news agency...

Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from prison on bond pending the outcome of his appeal, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the "honest services" law, an appeals court ruled. (John...

Kanye West isn't the only celebrity that joined Twitter this week. NASA's Robonaut 2, or R2, is getting ready to work on the International Space Station in November but it's already tweeting about...

Floods sweeping Asia have killed more than 900 people, officials said Saturday, washing away thousands of homes and destroying infrastructure in some of the worst scenes in living...

Pakistan says it expects "fruitful" talks between its president and David Cameron despite the prime minister's comments over its alleged terror...

England are on course for a resounding victory in the first Test after a century from Matt Prior and three early wickets in Pakistan's second innings.Prior, who came to the crease at 72-5, made 102...

Blackpool's players have been reassured that they will be paid bonuses they were promised for winning promotion to the Premier League.Some players are believed to have been promised as much as...

Protesters gathered in several places to defy an indefinite curfew imposed by the Indian authorities in all major towns across the Kashmir...

The five candidates are David and Ed Miliband, Diane Abbott, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham Voting takes place from 16 August to 22 September Winner announced at party conference on 25 September ...

A silent march and mass balloon release have taken place in Duisberg to honour 21 people who died, and the more than 500 injured at last weekend's Love Parade dance...

A man arrested for raping a Russian tourist and harassing multiple other women in New York City, has been identified as a French-born television...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal grand jury looking into an explosion that killed 29 workers at a Massey Energy Co coal mine in West Virginia heard testimony this week about possible illegal tampering...

(AP) Latest Update 12:23 p.m. ET Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the...

(AP) Russia sent the army on Saturday to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and were threatening dozens of towns and villages. Thick smoke and ash slowed firefighting efforts and...

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, looks at blowout preventer controls as he tours the Murphy Front Runner deep water oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on...

(AP) Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan...

Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder yesterday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.An analysis of the...

WASHINGTON - No doubt, Roy Oswalt heard a lot of great things about the Phillies during the long-distance sales pitch he got by telephone from Brad Lidge, a teammate for seven years with the Houston...

Arek Krol peered at the trembling, shirtless man who was trying to get his attention about noon yesterday outside Andy's Auto Service in Holmesburg. Probably just a crackhead, Krol thought to...

BETHLEHEM - After the draft and free agency, it was hard to see how Joe Mays fit into the Eagles' crowded linebacking picture. Turns out he didn't. The Eagles traded Mays to the Denver Broncos last...

"Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi leaves the Seaside Heights Police Department after being detained Friday. Police Chief Thomas Boyd said Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. and...

Pennsylvania cities must all look alike to Canadian bus drivers. Either that or this is a lesson in "you get what you pay for." What other explanation could there be for an unexpected...

A Queens man was stabbed in the heart last night while trying to rescue his little brother from a group of knife wielding thugs on a J train platform.Dario Paiva, 27, raced to his brother...