Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday, when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan...

The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear...

Pakistan's military says a transport helicopter has crashed because of a technical failure, killing 26 security personnel on board....

A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar's top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA)...

South African police have seized a large quantity of heroin which they say was smuggled into the country from...

Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week....

In a bizarre twist a man who lost his female flatmate in a tragic accident will now be prosecuted because of an unrelated...

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom on Friday voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental human rights....

WASHINGTON : A strong earthquake measuring a magnitude of six shook Panama early Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of casuaties or damage, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter...

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WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has defied political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year...

The soaring national debt, seen here on the National Debt Clock in New York on Friday, may be the next economic crisis. "Unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the...

KABUL (AP) -- Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and...

CREW members of a Belgian ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia in mid-April will be re-united with their families early next week, Belgium's government crisis centre...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian...

NAZRAN, Russia : Ten Chechen police were killed on Saturday when militants fired on their convoy in the neighbouring Russian region of Ingushetia, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which...

A collection of copies of the Saturday Evening Post are on display in its publications offices in Indianapolis. The nation's oldest magazine is changing its look...

'); Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska stunned her state and the political world Friday by announcing she will resign her post at the end of the month, igniting speculation about what the move...

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) -- A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his...

Teenage girl only person to survive plane crash off Comoros islands French, U.S. divers are helping to search for debris and bodies from the plane The plane's data recorders have yet to be found,...

PHOENIX - Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her 12- and 14-year-old sons and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible...

'); D.C. residents and visitors celebrating Independence Day may have to choose between clogged streets and crowded Metro trains this weekend. But following tradition, hundreds of thousands are...

TEHRAN (AP) -- The lawyer for a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national...

WASHINGTON - With a fireworks show and a picnic at the White House, President Barack Obama leads the nation in observing Independence Day. Saturday is also his daughter Malia's 11th birthday. Twenty...

'); CAIRO | A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting postelection turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate...

Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo says the world record £80m fee that Real Madrid have paid Manchester United for his services is a "fair price."Ronaldo, 24, will be presented to the...

North Korea five Scud-type missiles Saturday that can reach 400 to 500 km South Korea has called the launches "a provocative act" U.S. diplomat: "This type of North Korea behavior is...

John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet...

'); COLUMBUS, Ohio | Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and the Fourth of July holiday without...

'); COLUMBIA, S.C. | After a week that offered the world a glimpse into the conflicted mind of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, his constituents differed Friday on whether he should...

'); ST. PAUL, Minn. | He lost the 1998 Minnesota governor's race to a former pro wrestler, Jesse Ventura, and this week conceded his U.S. Senate seat to a former "Saturday Night Live" comedian, Al...

'); PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. | Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 feet above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to...

'); GAFFNEY, S.C. | Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have fatally shot four people. Tanya...

BBC News, Tonnerre On its 3,500km (2,187-mile) odyssey from Monaco to Paris, the Tour de France passes through hundreds of towns and villages.The race is divided into 21 stages, or...

The U.S. Coast Guard, Philadelphia police, and volunteer rescuers were searching late into last night for a man and a child missing in the Delaware River near the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The incident...

Marilynn Marter, 66, a retired Inquirer food writer known for her encyclopedic knowledge of nutrition, cooking, and baking, was found dead Thursday at her home in Philadelphia. She died of...

Wellington - New Zealand has had its first fatalities linked to the H1N1 flu, with three deaths in the last week, the Ministry of Health said on Saturday. The deaths came as the country's tally of...

Political tension in Iran following a tumultuous election ratcheted up a notch when a top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a US agent and accused him of...

Panama City - A moderately strong earthquake has rattled Panama, sending residents rushing into the streets. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 and was...

KABUL (Reuters) - One U.S. soldier and an Afghan were killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, two days after a major operation...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea fired six ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A top aide to Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him in an editorial Saturday of committing crimes against the nation...

MOSCOW : President Dmitry Medvedev said he expected the visit to Moscow next week of his US counterpart Barack Obama to open up new prospects for US-Russia relations. "We expect that concrete results...

The unusual news of a Thomas Parkin caught in New York impersonating his dead mother to collect her Social Security struck Thomas Parkin of Plymouth Meeting uncomfortably close to home. Almost a...