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...

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...

CAIRO - Three people were killed in Cairo, and 6 in Suez, as thousands of angry protesters clashed with security forces in Egypt's capital Cairo and other cities for a second day Friday over the...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining...

AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts...

BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.

This was stated...

TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion.

Panasonic said it was headed...

LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.

The Markit eurozone...

BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009...

LONDON - Seven National Health Services (NHS) trusts, including three in London, have been identified for a bailout from a 1.5 billion pounds government fund to relieve major financial pressures.
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: An increase in 245,000 payroll jobs was about 100,000 above expectations (at 150,000). But exactly a year ago, the experts were calling for a January 2011 increase of about 140,000 jobs and the...

Except that, what really keeps The Scrapbook entertained is the fact that nowadays Acknowledgments are veritable Oscar-award-winning orgies of recognition. They are, in truth, prime specimens of what...

Profession: Banking consultant Vitaly says he isn’t cold thanks to his hat. He says he's never liked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and voted for the liberal Yabloko party in the...

US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged the UN Security Council to take a stand against what he called the "relentless brutality" of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and called on Assad...

Most of those killed in the Port Said football stadium on Wednesday night were crushed in a stampede and the government declared three days of mourning, but protesters hold the military-led...

With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a ham sandwich."I was hungry," he said in an interview with JointMedia News...

Santa Ana - A U.S. Iraq war veteran already charged in the killings of four Orange County homeless men has been linked by DNA evidence to the murders of the mother and brother of a high school...

More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs...

‘It did seem like a lot of weight to lose, but I was determined to do it. Not everyone wants to jump out of a plane, but I really did and I was prepared to do anything to achieve...

These women may not have noticed as they chatted along with David Cameron during his swift visit of the Devon based centre, but this picture did reveal a balding patch at the back of his...

The Met Office issued a severe weather warning and the AA attended double the usual number of breakdowns yesterday as the exceptionally mild winter suddenly turned into the...

During the height of the phone-hacking scandal last summer, David Cameron sent an emissary to Rebekah Brooks, who had been forced out of her job as News International chief...

Following Steve Hornsby's discovery of the small blue globules, after a hailstorm last week, some unusual explanations have been put forward about the...

She first hit the headlines back in 2010 when she became the first divorcee and single mother to take part in the Miss Great Britain beauty contest in its 65-year...

A winner of an Irish competition to resemble the Hollywood superstar George Clooney has left many bemused as the similarity is rather less than...

The Tolonews website runs a story on its front page reporting about the news of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kabulin this May 23, 2011, file photo. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood/Files...

Workers in protective hazmat suits clear the belongings of protesters from the Occupy DC protest movement at the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square, Washington Feb. 4, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan...

They seem to know immediately if the latest bang means increased danger or if it is just part of the new urban noise that now defines life here. I was shaken awake by a huge explosion near the flat...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has agreed with euro zone partners on how to recapitalize Greek banks after a planned bond swap, but has yet to resolve issues related to labor reform and spending cuts in...

1 of 6. Protesters pack their personal belongings from their tents as U.S. National Park Service police cordon-off the Occupy DC encampment in McPherson Square in Washington, February 4,...

A protester holds a megaphone and a toy gun amongst Syrians demonstrating outside the Syrian Embassy in London Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after Syrian government forces assaulted the city of Homs. (AP...

(CBS News) LAS VEGAS -- Mitt Romney appears to be on cruise control. The Republican presidential candidate is expected to win big Saturday in the Nevada caucuses. Romney was on the stump Friday,...

(AP) DENVER -- The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver...

(CBS News) There are indications the economy is getting stronger. The Labor Department said Friday 243,000 jobs were added last month, the largest gain since April of last year, and the unemployment...

(AP) STOCKHOLM -; A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it. CyberForce used Twitter to claim...

(Credit: CBS/AP) Nevada Republicans are the first western voice in the presidential nominating process, and the Nevada Republican Party is proud to label today's caucuses the "first in...

Appearing on "CBS This Morning: Saturday," author and TV host Jane Velez-Mitchell - who has written about her own addiction - talked about the problems facing Hamilton and his relapse. ...

By Durosimi Thomas 1605: And they're off with the score at 0-0 after 5 minutes. 1558: With minutes to go Matthew tweets that the stadium is still empty. 1556: Sudan make only one change...

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes goalkeeper David de Gea has been put under extra pressure by virtue of playing for the champions. "When you make a mistake at United, it is...

Thousands of people are marching in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power. It is the third rally since December's parliamentary election...

The UN Security Council is set to vote on a draft resolution condemning Syria’s deadly crackdown, a day after reports of violence in the city of Homs that activists said left more than 200...

At least 12 people have been killed in a third day of deadly clashes in Cairo, as anger at Egypt's ruling military boiled over after 72 people died in football-related...

The US Defence Secretary has reassured European allies that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain its...

Officers arrived and placed barricades around McPherson Square, a federal park near the White House where demonstrators have camped since October. They were not evicting the protesters. Police said...

Micron Technology chief executive and chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a US memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and...

Violence in Egypt has continued for a third straight day since deadly soccer-related clashes left 74 people dead. In the capital Cairo, police fired tear gas and shotgun pellets in an attempt to...

Russian energy company Gazprom said on February 4 it could not pump any additional gas to Western Europe, citing domestic demands amid an ongoing cold spell. Gazprom's statement comes after...

CAIRO -The death toll from street fighting between protesters and the police rose to 12 Saturday as a daylong attempt at truce in the streets of Cairo collapsed into the third night of clashes set...