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At least 40 people have been killed by a blazing fire in a high-rise residential building in the business centre of Shanghai, on the east co...

Hobbled Dems, eager GOP back for lame-duck session (AP) Police close Ohio pa...

AP – Army soldiers raise a Nicaragua's flag by the San Juan riverside, the border zone with Costa Rica which SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Cos...

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associa...

Reuters – Forensic workers stand next to the remains of a body found near a mass grave in Tuncingo, on the outskirts … CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexic...

By Kerri Shannon , Associate Editor , Money Morning The United States will go on the def...

It’s the first time after twenty- four years that the councils of Athens and Thessaloniki passed under the umbrella of PASOK. PASOK won 8 ou...

A British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago was set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-...

Somali pirates released a British couple from captivity on Sunday, ending a yearlong drama in which the pair was moved, separated and moved ...

A man cycles through a flooded street in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, on Sunday. (Yves Logghe/Associated Press)Belgian authorities called in the...

Greece's governing Socialists emerged the winner of local government elections Sunday, despite a record low turnout and renewed pressure...

North Korea has sent a statement to UN members repeating a denial that it torpedoed a South Korean warship, the communist country's stat...

Fire engulfed a highrise apartment building under renovation in China's business centre of Shanghai on Monday, killing at least eight pe...

Hundreds of people living along the border between Burma and Thailand fled their homes overnight Sunday, trying to escape renewed fighting b...

  Family members of hotel employees wait for news after a gas explosion at the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in Cancun on Sunday. Mexican of...

A retired British couple are freed more than a year after being taken captive by Somali pirates who boarded their yacht off the Seychelles.

Several people jumped out of windows to escape the blaze in Dijon Seven people have been killed and 11 seriously injured by a fire in a nin...

Nicaragua says its troops will not withdraw The Organization of American States has urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica to withdraw their securi...

Israel's 10-month construction freeze in the West Bank expired on 26 September Israel's prime minister has briefed his cabinet on ...

The Republic of Ireland's government has not formally denied it is in talks with the EU The Republic of Ireland is in preliminary talks...

Through the present Call for Missions the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration solicits from the broad scientific community proposals...

Establishing if life ever existed on Mars is one of the outstanding scientific questions of our time. To address this important goal, the Eu...

The idea of other planets hidden in the vastness of space has long captured human imagination and there has been a recent explosion in the n...

As of March 22 we are no longer collecting names for IKAROS, however you can still send your name and message on the LightSail mission. A p...

The Moon, showing part of its far side, photographed from the Apollo 16 spacecraft in April 1972 The Ea...

An artist's impression of what the dinosaurs might have looked like Palaeontologists have identifie...

Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport. ...

Coppola has produced more than 30 films, including The Black Stallion, The Outsiders and Lost in Translation

Retired UK couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, hours after being released A retired British couple have ...

Ms Suu Kyi said her party was investigating allegations of fraud in the elections Burma's pro-democra...

The Globalist is a daily online magazine about the global economy, politics, and culture. Amidst all the hype surrounding its Asian counte...

DUBAI: Yemen-based al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrima...

LONDON: Britain will run out of internet addresses by 2012, warns a web scientist. Vint Cerf, a Google vice-president, said the "unbel...

YANGON, MYANMAR: Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, freed from seven years of house arrest, told thousands of cheering supporters...

Obama also missed his goal of reaching agreement with longtime ally South Korea on a new free-trade pact. Photo / AP Obama also missed his ...

SYDNEY: An Airbus executive says Rolls-Royce has identified a faulty bearing box as the cause of the oil leak problem implicated in the mida...

Burma's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi walked free last night from the lakeside home that has been her prison for most of the past tw...

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesian volcano has killed 240 people since it started erupting in October, officials said Saturday, a da...

APEC summit begins Japan's prime minister thanks Barack Obama for support with territorial disputes Japan stresses the need for U.S. h...

Aung San Suu Kyi release Obama praises courage of the Nobel Peace laureate Thousands gathered outside her party headquarters in Yangon Sh...

Newly arrived Somali refugees stand outside the UNHCR registration centre at the Ifo camp in Dadaab, Kenya, on September 9. STORY HIGHLIGHT...

Currency 'wars' dominate G20 summit I always cringe when I read references to 'war' in the sports pages...

Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 became the best-selling record by a contemporary composer Polish composer Henryk Gorecki has died at the...

Leaders of the G20 group of major economies have agreed to avoid "competitive devaluation" of currencies after talks concluded in ...

  Rights groups say the blasphemy law is often exploited by Islamist extremists or people harbouring personal grudges. Relatives of a...

Mr Maliki (left) has a month to persuade Mr Allawi (right) to join his new administration US President Barack Obama has said the new p...

The alleged operations took place in 2008 EU prosecutors have accused seven people, including doctors and a health official, of tr...

Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained for 15 of the past 21 years Reports are coming out of Burma saying the military authorities have signed ...

The weapons had been hidden in containers labelled as building materials Iran has allowed Nigeria to interview an Iranian citizen ins...

British Gas customers will face a 7% rise in gas and electricity bills this winter, the company has announced.The increase, which comes into...