NAIROBI, Kenya — Suspected thieves tried to break into the home of Barack Obama's elderly step-grandmother in Kenya, the U.S. presidential candidate's uncle said Thursda...
Collider fires beam without mishap
GENEVA — The world's largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way arou...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be recovering from surgery, South Korea's spy agency said today, as the communist nation rejected rep...
RABAT, Morocco — Once, he was one of America's most feared bogeymen: a Mideast thug who unleashed terrorist goons on U.S. interests around the world. Now, Libyan leader ...
CAMAGUEY, Cuba — Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba today, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground...
Blast killing 17 mars jubilation
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan after winn...
CAIRO, Egypt — Massive boulders peeled away from a cliff and buried dozens of homes in an Egyptian shanty town Saturday, killing at least 18 people, authorities said. Re...
NASSAU, Bahamas — Tropical Storm Hanna roared along the edge of the Bahamas on today ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 61 dead ...
TSKHINVALI, Georgia — Russia intends to eventually absorb Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, a South Ossetian official said today, three days after Moscow re...
CANBERRA, Australia — Investigators confirmed Friday that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a gaping hole in a Qantas jet's fuselage midflight last month, but said the...
