With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking...

The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment...

A United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic...

The BBC has reported that a man who has been subjected to claims he is the killer of James Bulger, has asked for the UK government to reveal who the real murderer...

Two UK women who were repeatedly raped and violently abused by their father have received an apology from 28 different public...

Federal prosecutors in the US have charged the owner of a California restaurant over alleged sales of whale meat, which was labelled...

A young actor who became a teen idol during his time as a Hollywood star, has died of unknown...

Politicians and police authorities in Ukraine are investigating the airline industry after an incident on the main...

The main airport in Bangkok has been locked down by soldiers as the Thai capital prepares for anti-government...

BREAKING NEWS, DEVELOPING: SANTIAGO, Chile -- The largest aftershock since Chile's devastating earthquake rocked the South American country Thursday minutes before the inauguration of President...

By Anne Gearan ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates on Thursday downplayed Iran's influence on Afghanistan, but the war of words escalated,...

By Heather Hollingsworth ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening. The...

By Devlin Barrett ASSOCIATED PRESS A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al Qaeda Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth finally may be slowing down. RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in...

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) -- Two strong aftershocks within minutes of each other have hit the Chilean capital Santiago, according to Reuters witnesses, just ahead of the swearing-in of...

KYIV -- A businessman has been shot and wounded by unknown assailants in the Ukrainian capital, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. A spokesperson for the Kyiv police said today two businessmen were...

CHISINAU -- Members of Moldova's Communist Party have announced that they will boycott all upcoming sessions of parliament, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports.In an official statement, the Communist...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (left) was in Saudi Arabia on March 10, where he met with Saudi field marshal Saleh al-Muhaya, the chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian...

How did Mohammad Amin Valian, a 20-year-old student from Damghan, land in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) infamous Special Detention Center No. 209 of Tehran’s Evin Prison? Valian...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Preliminary results from Iraq's national election have begun to trickle in, showing Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely Shi'ite south.Preliminary...

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel has praised the two Iranian activists who were awarded the Homo Homini prize presented annually by the Czech NGO People in Need "in recognition of a...

(RFE/RL) -- Thousands of Russian intellectuals, cultural figures, and ordinary citizens have signed a petition calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.The petition was initially...

HADDONFIELD, N.J. — The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member from New Jersey who's accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.FBI spokesman Rich Wolf...

A groundbreaking ceremony is set for the massive development in Brooklyn that includes a new arena for the New Jersey Nets. The Thursday afternoon event will be attended by local and state officials,...

RHINEBECK, N.Y. — State police say they’re investigating the death of a 44-year-old Hudson Valley man who died after a sheriff’s deputy used a stun gun to subdue him. Police say...

PITTSBURGH — Two off-duty Pennsylvania law enforcement officers were with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger at the Georgia nightclub where a woman accused him of sexual...

JACKSON, Miss. — A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo. The...

Iran . Mr. Gates, who is a crucial part of the Obama administration’s intensifying campaign to put more pressure on Iran, was to meet with the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates,...

The literati of Park Slope turned out to toast author David Shenk on the publication of his latest groundbreaking work, “The Genius in All of Us — Why Everything You’ve Been Told...

03/11/2010 9:23 AM Stick around a bit. You got to be kidding. Paterson is a mess. Most importantly, David Paterson proved long ago that he could not govern. "œThe Democratic Conference:...

The Israel Defense Forces prosecution on Thursday filed an indictment against two combat soldiers suspected of inappropriate conduct during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip in 2008.The soldiers,...

The Palestinians and the nations of the Middle East will be rid of a “bad omen” once Israel is annihilated, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech communicated by Press...

The woman denied the allegations during questioning on Tuesday, but partially admitted to them on Thursday and began to cooperate with police. As a result, her remand was extended, and the Haifa ...

If Joe Biden had spent much of his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories fuming at the Netanyahu government for Tuesday’s dysfunctional announcement of new building plans in Jerusalem’s...

WASHINGTON, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - The United States should accept an "Islamist authority" in Somalia as part of a "constructive disengagement" strategy for the war-torn country, according to a new...

Great Lakes and the northern Mid-Atlantic pulls Gulf moisture north. Some of these strong thunderstorms could turn severe during the afternoon due to abundant moisture and increased instability,...

Three people suffered major injuries in a tornado that destroyed a house near Pearson in Cleburne County on Wednesday night, said Arkansas Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee...

Lawyers acting for a former Bosnian president who was arrested at Heathrow over war crime allegations return to the High Court today in a bid to secure him bail. Ejup Ganic, 64, a friend of...

Cradling her healthy, newborn baby girl, 27 year old Asha Jatav from Madhya Pradesh in India has arrived home after a safe delivery in hospital. But it's only recently that women like her have been...

Greece ground to a virtual halt today as workers held yet another general strike in protest at painful spending cuts. Public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left...

Greece ground to a virtual halt today as workers held yet another general strike in protest at painful spending cuts. Public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left...

Washington (CNN) -- Congress has stripped the jobs bill of the reinvestment in America's infrastructure that would put people back to work and make the country more prosperous in the long...

If you're a cop and you're going to rub your penis against a colleague's cruiser, it's probably not smart to blog about it. Two officers in Sweden might be learning that lesson as investigators look...

UK forces are to hand security powers in the Afghan district of Musa Qala to US troops in the coming weeks, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth has said.The move is part of a rebalancing of forces...

A court in Stockholm has ruled that a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland to face trial over the theft of a sign from the Auschwitz death camp.Investigators accuse Anders Hogstrom, 34, of...

Preliminary results from Iraq's election show the grouping of PM Nouri Maliki is leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says.The partial results from Najaf and Babil, in the Shia...

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says he will pose four "tests" to Labour and the Conservatives if they try to seek his support in a hung Parliament.He said he would demand they commit to...

Baroness Thatcher , was detained at the request of the Serbian government. He stands accused of killing wounded Bosnian Serb soldiers in 1992 during the Balkan wars. Lawyers for the academic say...