Hundreds of soldiers have entered the southwest China earthquake epicenter to pull more than 1,000 people from...

Rejecting accusations of Iranian interference in the Lebanon crisis, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran is only seeking a friendly settlement of the...

Aid groups in Myanmar say children are now being targeted by child...

Hillary Rodham Clinton has coasted to a substantial victory in West...

Police in Zimbabwe detained a group of Western diplomats for a brief period Tuesday after the ambassadors travelled to rural areas to visit the victims of post-election...

A series of explosions in the Indian city of Jaipur, in the state of Rajasthan, has left at least 80 people dead and more than 150 wounded....

With Greek fuel truck drivers still out on strike after eight days, and no petrol delivered in that time, the country is suffering from a severe fuel shortage....

14 commanders of extreme-right Colombian paramilitary groups, suspected of drug trafficking, have been extradited to the...

The Indian Supreme Court has refused to hear a lawsuit protesting against a controversial French law that prevents Sikhs in that country from wearing turbans or other religious symbols in public...

About 14,000 Israeli police officers will line the streets of Jerusalem, to safeguard US President George Bush, when he makes a three-day visit beginning on...

Heavy rain and blocked roads are causing holdups in rescue efforts for thousands of people trapped or injured by Monday's devastating earthquake in...

No foreign casualties have been reported after the strongest quake in China in three decades jolted the southwestern province of Sichuan on...

At least 150 militants have been killed by Afghan and foreign troops in southern...

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) -- An embattled Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging the party leaders who are key to the Democratic presidential race to take a hard look at her West Virginia win and slow...

PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) -- Wildfires that have gutted at least 40 homes along the state's Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from two classic Florida...

Russia's storm of threats and attacks against Ukraine, Georgia, and NATO prompted Germany to block the granting of these MAPs. But Moscow's hysteria (no other word fits) led NATO to declare that...

Some 40 families from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza Strip, have decided to leave the area. "We decided to leave the kibbutz until things quiet down, and unfortunately, it will be with white flags,"...

Vienna - A 39-year-old man killed five members of his family, some apparently with an axe and reported the deaths to police himself, police said on Wednesday. The dead were his wife, daughter aged...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $300 billion farm bill contains a little something for everyone, including tax breaks for Kentucky racehorse owners, extra help for farmers in Hawaii and Alaska, dollars for...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- David West and the New Orleans Hornets sure looked happy to be at home. West had career playoff highs of 38 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots, lifting New Orleans to a...

Maxfield said the plane left Rutherford County's airport early Monday bound for North Little Rock Airport in Arkansas. A locator beacon guided searchers -- three airplanes, a Highway Patrol...

Divers uncovered the Caesar bust and a collection of other finds in the Rhone River Among other items found was a 1.8-meter (5.9 foot) marble statue of Neptune Researchers want to know "in what...

U.S. President Bush and first lady Laura Bush board Air Force Air One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2008, on their way to the Mideast. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Susan Walsh TEL AVIV,...

AN XIAN, China (AP) -- Military helicopters dropped food and medicine to Chinese earthquake survivors who remained cut off Wednesday in remote mountain villages behind roads clogged by landslides....

NEW: Unofficial tally from state media pushes death toll toward 20,000 About three-quarters of one town's residents killed, state media says Soldiers reach epicenter of quake in Wenchuan county in...

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur won't be adding a mirrorball trophy to her collection of prizes -- the actress was eliminated Tuesday from "Dancing With...

Beginning in 2009, states will have to pay for Jane Doe rape kits to continue receiving funding under the federal Violence Against Women Act, which provides tax dollars for women's shelters and law...

Life-size 1995 portrait of job center worker is auctioned for $33.6 million Lucian Freud's "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" sets record price for living artist Model sat for up to eight hours...

Wireless-only households grew by 2 percent since the first half of 2007 The trends have an important impact on polling organizations About a third of those under age 30 have only cell...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday followed the Senate in rejecting the Bush administration's policy of adding oil to the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve while fuel...

YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - The six nations negotiating with Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program could guarantee Tehran's security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told...

Many parents do not know how to bring up children, Conservative frontbencher Chris Grayling is to say. The shadow work and pensions secretary will warn in a speech that parenting of the type seen...

Sudan has asked the international community to list the Darfur rebel that led the weekend attack near the capital as a terrorist group. It wants Justice and Equality Movement leaders living abroad...

Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty has returned to the stage for the first time since spending 29 days in prison for drug and driving offences. He performed with his band at The Forum in north...

Police in Cornwall investigating a fatal fire at a Cornish hotel last year have arrested two people. A 42-year-old man and 36-year-old woman were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the fire at...

Firefighters have rescued a man from a fire at a flat in Rathcoole, on the outskirts of north Belfast. The blaze broke out in Ballyronan Park on Tuesday night and a neighbour raised the alarm. ...

DHAKA, May 14 (IPS) - The right to information (RTI), as espoused by the United Nations and international human rights organisations, does not have full endorsement from South Asian media...

Bangkok - The United Nations warned on Wednesday that another cyclone could be forming over Burma, where up to two million people are still awaiting food and water after Cyclone Nargis. Amanda...

Jerusalem - Israeli police have questioned US billionaire Sheldon Edelson as part of a widening inquiry into the latest graft scandal to embroil Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, an official said on...

Palestinian medics say two Palestinian militants have been killed and two wounded in Israel Air Force strikes in the southern Gaza Strip.Palestinian witnesses say IDF troops have been operating in...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of the worst defeats of the...

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight...

As night fell, a first wave of 200 soldiers entered the town of Wenchuan, near the epicenter, trudging across ruptured roads and mudslides, state television said. Initial reports from troops said one...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents Pyongyang has given...

Gordon Brown is set to outline his proposals for the year ahead, as he tries to move on from the 10p tax row. Mr Brown's draft legislative programme is expected to include plans to give people...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study...

US President George Bush is travelling to Israel to take part in celebrations for the country's 60th anniversary. He also hopes to inject some momentum into the current peace talks between Israel...