Tens of thousands of people have attended a mass rally in Iraq to cheer the cessation of US troop movements in the country.

The celebration rally was organized by Iraq's Hezbollah movement to...

Police in Washington have closed down a large camping area containing members of the "Occupy" movement.

The encampment, one of the biggest protest areas in the United States, was only a few blocks...

A conspicuous show of support has been made for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Around 140,000 people attended a rally on Saturday in which placards were raised announcing Putin as a man...

Mexican police have arrested Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, who is alleged to have masterminded drug exportation and murders.

Marrufo, the supposed head of a Sinaloa drug cartel, has been accused by...

Leaders of the Roman Catholic church in Rome are gathering to attend a conference on sexual abuse of minors within the Church.

They will attend a prayer service for victims of sexual abuse and...

Voting is underway in the western U.S. state of Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, with members of the party choosing the candidate they want to see take on President Barack Obama in...

A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs.

Using heavy artillery, the Syrian forces...

CNN projects that Mitt Romney will win the Nevada Republican presidential caucuses based on results and entrance polling. With 10% of the results in, Romney had about 48% of the vote while Rep. Ron...

LAS VEGAS - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet in Qatar on Sunday with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to discuss the formation of a Palestinian unity government.Abbas is also...

Translation of the book into Farsi was done by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, a small research group led by Col. (res.) Reuven Erlich, a former Military Intelligence officer who...

This weekend, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) celebrated the lives of some slimy, speckled swamp species, devoting events on Saturday to animals such as the salamander and the Hula...

A new award aimed at honoring those who have worked to help improve the lives of thousands of Holocaust survivors in Israel and highlight the contributions survivors have made to the state will be...

As news of the bloodshed in Homs reverberated around the world yesterday, angry scenes erupted outside Syrian embassies and diplomatic...

KENYA'S military has struck al-Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last...

THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the capital...

Civilian deaths undermine support in Afghanistan and America for the US-led war, and are one of the biggest causes of friction between President Hamid Karzai and the Nato-led International Security...

India's beleaguered government won some relief yesterday when a court threw out a corruption case against one of its top ministers ahead of crucial state elections next...

Tens of thousands of Russians braved the bitter cold in Moscow yesterday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while thousands of others staged a rally...

Heavy weapons fire rang out in the northern Malian town of Kidal yesterday, in a sign that a Tuareg-led rebellion was nearing the most significant target yet in two weeks of...

ARULING South African African National Congress appeals panel yesterday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into...

ACTOR Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions, died of pancreatic cancer in a Manhattan hospital on Friday, his lawyer said...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, US media predicted, cementing him as frontrunner to take on President Barack Obama in...

ROME: The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it Sunday as air traffic was...

PARIS: French Interior Minister Claude Gueant, who also holds the immigration portfolio, caused political uproar by claiming that not all civilisations are equal, with some more advanced than...

1 of 6. A protester walks along barricades with his personal belongings as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4,...

(Credit: CBS/AP) Updated at 10:57 p.m. ET With the doors closed at caucus precincts across Nevada, CBS News projects that Mitt Romney has won the Nevada Republican caucuses by a sizable...

Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in...

In spite of sub-zero temperatures, thousands of Russians took to the streets to demonstrate for clean elections. Opposition protesters claim Putin's government rigged parliamentary elections and...

Russians filled the streets of Moscow to demonstrate against Prime Minister Vladamir Putin and what they see as corruption and election fraud. Elizabeth Palmer...

A deadly deep freeze has killed at least 220 people across Europe. Arctic winds have driven down temperatures for a week, and the snow is piling up in the unlikeliest of places. Charlie D'Agata...

PHOENIX — A small plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff Saturday in an eastern Arizona mountain community, killing a well-known rural Arizona auto dealer and his wife and...

Then pain developed in the large joints in his body, especially the hips and shoulders. It was so intense he was bedridden for almost two years, sometimes unable to sleep for days. By the time a...

A Navy spokesman said Saturday the eight received general discharges following allegations they assaulted and choked a fellow sailor aboard the ship, the Bonhomme Richard, on Jan. 17, as part of an...

CAIRO - An Egyptian government building was set on fire on Sunday as protests disrupted the heart of Cairo for a fourth day and public figures demanded a faster transition to civilian rule.It was...

twin babies on suspicion of abuse on Saturday night.The woman, who denies any wrong doing, failed a lie detector test last week, while she was under house...

Most of the wolf scenes in The Grey were shot using special effects, but Peta claims the film’s director Joe Carnahan ordered wolf carcasses from a trapper and that the animals would have...

Simmering diplomatic tensions between Britain and Argentina have not deterred the Government from planning a series of high-profile events to mark the 30th anniversary of the Falklands...

He was judged a security risk after his arrest by Scotland Yard counter-terrorism detectives in 2007, and the airline decided it was in the national interest to ensure he never flew...

But Professor Mark Tester and a group of Australian scientists have created a special formula which can be used on plants and flowers, making them glow in the...

The rift in the Liberal Democrats over the prosecution of former Energy Secretary Chris Huhne was laid bare last night as his ex-wife Vicky Pryce welcomed ‘Camp Vicky’ guests to a party...

The wife of bestselling author Nicholas Evans to is to receive a kidney from an anonymous donor, more than three years after a poisonous wild mushroom almost killed...

A Tory MP has ignited a row after claiming northerners die earlier than those in the south because they smoke too much, drink too much - and 'jump into bed with each other at the drop of a...

CAIRO, Egypt: Saboteurs on Sunday blew up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said.Masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline in the...

Foreign Secretary William Hague joined international condemnation of their stance amid protests at Syrian embassies around the world that led to six arrests in London. Anger was fuelled by a...

1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17,...

1 of 4. A protester argues with a policeman as they try to prevent fellow protesters from throwing stones at riot police during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo February 4,...

Greece on Saturday warned it had just one day left to clinch the bailout plan with political leaders and impatient lenders who accuse it of dragging its feet on promised...

(Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer...