The recent spate of letter bombs has brought into focus security holes in the system that have existed ...

The other day I arrived back in New York after a month in Japan and saw the city ...

While life in inaka may be in a dangerous decline, one would never guess it by the quality ...

What impresses me every time about Japan, is the country's overall sheen of small town politesse and good ...

many of Europe's governments have been pushed to the wall by citizens protesting harsh austerity measures.

One of the most notorious killers under Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime, was convicted on Monday of crimes against ...

One person was killed and eight injured when a homemade bomb exploded at a bus stop in downtown ...

The Caribbean Escobar—the moniker given to Jose Figueroa-Agosto by U.S. federal Marshals—was finally captured.

The DC earthquake that measured 3.6 on the Richter scale and hit early Friday morning, was basically just ...

President Barack Obama expressed cautious optimism about the capping of the oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.

The case has been hailed as a victory by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, saying it achieved the ...

Ex-Panama dictator Manuel Noriega was sentenced by a Paris court on Wednesday to 7 years.

Sri Lanka says it sees no reason to allow United Nations into the country to investigate suspected human ...

A leak into the Red Sea is causing the Egyptian government to reconsider the number of rigs it ...

The United Nations Security Council approved of a new round of sanctions against Iran for continuing its nuclear ...

Haitian-born Manhattan music producer and humanitarian Mike Jean wants to use his talents to build a better Haiti.

The Chinese dissident who spent more than three months living in the arrivals hall in a Tokyo airport.

An Iraqi court on Monday ordered a hand-recount of 2.5 million Baghdad ballots from the March 7 election.

Aung San Suu Kyi has strongly recommended to her party that they do not register for the upcoming ...

Sudan's Electoral Commission says it will not postpone its first multiparty election since 1986.

Coca-Cola ordered to pay $47 million in compensation for pollution its plant caused in in southern India.

After five straight days of protests, Thailand's prime minister has still not stepped down.

With the Thai government refusing to step down, “red shirt” protesters kept their promise of pouring blood before ...

The year is turning out to be a terrible one for earthquakes.

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Indonesia Sunday morning in Moluccas, also known as the Spice Islands.

Chile was hit again by another series of large aftershocks on Thursday afternoon local time just as President-elect ...

The political storm clouds are gathering in Thailand again, threatening more protests and unrest.