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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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...

Iran says nuclear path unchanged despite oil ban, warns of turmoil if EU oil ban enforced and says can easily replace EU as buyer; Tehran rejects discount on gas exports to...

MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others staged a rally...

Kuwaiti security forces fired shots in the air as activists protesting outside the Syrian embassy tried to storm the mission, injuring at least two protesters, AFP reported Saturday.Kuwaiti...

Aziz Tekin, a correspondent for the Kurdish-language newspaper Azadiya Welat, had the misfortune of becoming a news item himself over the weekend when he became the 105th journalist in Turkey to be...

Catholic leaders from around the world meet next week for a conference to combat child abuse which will include a penitential service but which has already drawn fire from victims'...

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...

Together at last: Non-identical twins Emilie Falk, right, and Lin Backman, left, discovered they have a lot in common after being reunited nearly 29 years after being separated at...

The Prime Minister made the impromptu visit to a branch of Morrisons on his way home to Oxfordshire after spending the day in Plymouth, Devon, meeting Royal...

But just when it seemed like it was ready to move on to dessert it suddenly regurgitated the freshwater pike having decided it was simply too big to go...

The model told The Sun: 'No one seems to believe it, but every day i eat three big meals and I snack on chocolate and crisps all the time. I just have a small stomach. It's a bit like a...

The ramblers, who have had free access to the 100,000-acre grounds for centuries, say they are now being stopped by security staff and told to buy...

In one episode, future heir Prince William, now the Duke of Cambridge, reveals that despite being one of the most famous women in the world, following her 60-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II...

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...

The continuing storm over City bonuses is damaging Britain's reputation as a place to do business, a group of leading international bankers has...

MUNICH, Germany: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday that Europe remains Washington's "partner of first resort," even as the United States marks a strategic pivot to...

A judge has found a widow cannot collect the full value of her husband's $1-million life insurance policy after he died in a plane crash on Vancouver Island more than three years...

Romney was scheduled to fly to Colorado Saturday morning for a campaign rally before returning to Las Vegas for a party with supporters at a casino a few miles from the Las Vegas Strip. In a sign...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in New York and Boston will see a far more modest spot. New York...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed lawmakers to pass his proposal to provide up to $10 billion in aid to struggling homeowners, saying a failure to address the housing...

MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new...

The White House received a letter in 2011 which purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, asking the United States to deliver prisoners whose transfer is now central to American efforts to broker...

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion ($20 to $26.3 billion) euros, the secretary of state heading the prime minister's office, Mihaly Varga,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others...

U.S. Parks Services personnel walk through McPherson Square in Washington, Feb. 2, 2012, where Occupy protesters continue to camp. Police surrounded the park early Saturday morning, Feb. 4, 2012....

(CBS/AP) With helicopters hovering overhead, thousands of Russians poured out of subway stations Saturday and clogged streets in Moscow with neat, orderly columns of protest groups demanding fair...

(CBS/AP) MUNICH - Moscow still sees two problems of "crucial importance" with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday amid Western...

BOISE, Idaho — The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, 18-year ride as the leader of Micron Technology Inc.,...

braved freezing temperatures on Saturday as they began marching though Moscow in a bid to demand a free and fair presidential poll. Government supporters, meanwhile, began to gather in the west of...

More than 3,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan during 2011, the deadliest year on record for residents of the war-torn country, according to a UN report. A total of 3,021 civilians died last...

Thousands detained Brebesh's death was one of the highest profile killings of a former government official since rebels captured and killed Gaddafi, the ousted longtime leader, in late October. ...

BEIRUT - Syrian opposition leaders raised the death toll to 260 in a military assault on Saturday on the ravaged central city of Homs, an attack that they described as the government's deadliest in...

MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of antigovernment protesters marched on Saturday through this city, gripped by bitter Arctic cold, in a third major effort by Russians opposed to Vladimir V. Putin's return...

"It's the economy, stupid," was a useful slogan for the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign. Of course, it wasn't really true. The Clinton campaign was about much more than the economy. It...