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...

Pakistani police have reported a militant incident at the offices of a US-based Christian aid...

In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the...

Bangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya...

China has been given direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century, thanks to a lease deal with North...

NEW YORK -- The editor in chief of "Forbes" magazine, Steve Forbes, says the number of new billionaires in the world is a sure sign that the global economy is recovering from its brush with...

A grand jury is looking into whether a posh Long Island restaurant underreported its income, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. A Nassau County audit of Carltun on the Park at Eisenhower Park...

A Staten Island mom who said her botched boob job left her looking like she had four breasts was awarded $3.5 million for pain and suffering yesterday. "I hope this will give other women in the same...

LaRose left damning clues on her MySpace page. "I have recently (a couple months) reverted to Islam and I can safely say that of all the things I have ever done in my lifetime, becoming Muslim is...

A Westchester police official yesterday warned Toyota to back off and let investigators examine a Prius that inexplicably accelerated down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall....

We must all take this as a lesson in how we treat the people we share this world with while they are still here to make a difference. Please respect our families as we struggle and grieve through...

A woman suspected of being the hit and run driver who mowed down two pedestrians in Brooklyn -- including an aide to Mayor Bloomberg -- was apparently telling the truth when she said her sister did...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday continued his campaign against insurance companies in his feverish push for health reform, accusing them of lining their pockets with cash that should go to...

PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility yesterday that some of the forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President...

BOSTON -- Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the US Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal to write his memoirs, publisher HarperCollins...

A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the fatal stabbing of the wife of a State Department diplomat. Robert Schiavo, 23, of Medford, entered the guilty plea yesterday in...

Filed at 3:01 a.m. ET ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general...

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday conditions in quake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in reconstruction efforts. Obama,...

ALBANY -- Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's scheme to borrow $6 billion over the next three years and have state finances overseen by a "Financial Review Board" was criticized yesterday by the state...

BEIJING — Consumer prices in China rose 2.7 percent in February over the year-earlier period, according to data released on Thursday, partly attributable to the Lunar New Year holiday but also...

What else could explain Ravitch's naive proposal to have four top state politicians name five fiscal experts "from the professional or business world" to a new Financial Review Board to oversee state...

Brooklyn's new Nets arena is hustling to fill seats before it has even broken ground. Enlisting the help of sports and entertainment marketing powerhouse IMG, the $800 million Barclays Center is...

Day by day, the anti-Israel alliance is seeking to make the apartheid label stick to Israel. We see this at present in the fortnight of global agitation known as “Israel Apartheid Week.” But no...

Over the past decade the status of the 500,000-600,000 French Jews, who constitute the third largest Diaspora community, has continued to deteriorate. This can be attributed to a combination of...

LOS ANGELES – Why can’t an Israeli film win an Oscar? The perennial question, posed in various degrees of anguish, popped up again this week...

The majority of women in Gaza are being denied their inheritance rights, a survey by a Gaza-based women’s rights advocacy group has found. The Women’s Affairs Center (WAC) study, Women and...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Vietnamese parents think of day care centres and kindergartens as safe, happy places to leave their children in, given the pressures of work and harder...

There is "no evidence" to suggest five-year-old Sahil Saeed has been found, diplomatic sources in Pakistan said today. Investigators said they were "urgently" checking...

First twister struck in Saline County and damaged 22 homes Another tornado struck in White County, damaging 9 homes and injuring one person A third tornado hit in Cleburne County, leaving homes...

Background check performed in September 2009 turned up no criminal record Ohio newspaper says shooting suspect spent five years in prison between 1979 and 1984 School president said hiring procedures...

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary criticised forces in England and Wales for failing to adequately log reports of harassment, vandalism and verbal abuse. Many police computer systems were unable to...

The Palestinian Authority has said indirect talks with Israel will be "very difficult" if more homes are built on occupied land as planned.Israel announced the plan for 1,600 more homes in...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's party has formed a coalition that can now nominate a government, the parliament speaker says.Speaker Volodymyr Litvyn said an agreement had been signed by 235...

Oil giant BP has announced a deal that will allow it to begin exploring off the coast of Brazil.It will pay US firm Devon Energy $7bn (£4.7bn) in cash for its Brazilian assets, as well as US...

Telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim Helu saw off Microsoft boss Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to claim the top spot. Slim Helu controls a string of companies, including Telmex and America Movil,...

Beijing - Chinese officials have reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he said Buddhists were living in prison-like conditions and expressed...

By Mica Rosenberg Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera takes office as Chile's new president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding the country after one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded...

More than 100 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a restaurant and office in Shoreditch, east London, according to Sky News. London Fire Brigade told the television station that the ground floor...

ABC News has called into question its reporting on acceleration problems with Toyota vehicles. The network's handling of a February 22 "World News" story about potential problems with computer...

Denver, Colorado - The Catholic Church in Denver, Colorado has barred two children from enrolling in an area Catholic grade school because their parents are lesbians. The church has actively...

Reconciliation Puts Dems in Driver's Seat (AP) Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Obama, citing near agreement on...