The United Nations Security Council has authorized the use of force including the imposition of a no-fly zone ...

Three aftershocks registering over 7.0-magnitude on Japan's measurement scale hit the country's battered northeast on Wednesday.

NATO will not enforce a no-fly zone over Libya unless it has a clear mandate from the United ...

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has become the first world leader to recognize the rebel government in Libya as ...

Mere hours after the powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 22, the first online scams ...

At least 12 people died, including 11 foreigners, when a tourist boat sank in Vietnam's scenic Halong Bay ...

A judge in Italy ruled that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi must immediately stand trial to face charges ...

A bad school lunch in Hokkaido, Japan, kept more than 1,000 school students and staff at home in ...

The Rhine River fully reopened to shipping on Monday, one month after a tanker carrying sulfuric acid capsized.

Egypt's military, while enjoying popular support, will have to show quick progress on its promises for openness and ...

Feb. 10 will be remembered by Egyptian protesters as the day when high expectations became heightened anger and ...

Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's president, said on Thursday that he is not stepping down, despite rumors that he might. ...

Project Jonah reported that 41 whales had become stranded and immediately put out an urgent alert for volunteers ...

Egypt protests, now in their 14th day, were rejoined by Wael Ghoneim, the Google executive behind the “We're ...

American hikers charged with espionage in Iran went on trial behind closed doors.

Anti-government protesters and protesters supporting Egypt's President Mubarak clashed in Cairo, Alexandria, and other parts of Egypt on ...

Egypt Internet Down: With word of Egypt's protests spreading across the country—largely via Twitter, Facebook, and SMS—by Thursday ...

Egypt Internet Down: By the evening of Jan. 27 in Egypt, the entire Internet suddenly went silent, according ...

WHO's chief said that the global organization is “over-extended” and is facing a serious funding shortfall.

Ever wonder what the word “wiki” in “Wikipedia” means? Chances are you'd go directly to Wikipedia to find ...

Lebanon's unity government collapsed after 11 ministers from Hezbollah and its allies resigned.

Last season's deadly swine flu has resurfaced in the U.K. this winter, with some hospitals overwhelmed by flu ...

The Islamic party failed to retain a single one of its 62 seats in last weekend's parliamentary elections.

Burma's icon of democracy—as has become her moniker—Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest on Saturday.

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 ...