Two earthquakes shook eastern Afghanistan early Friday

After nearly two decades of independence from Russia and Romania, Moldova’s...

French forces detained 11 suspected pirates

Many Cities and Towns Rely on Government Spending to Keep Their Economies Strong

The Treasury Department is poised to open its $700 billion bailout program to life insurers, officials said Wednesday.

Pirates attacked a U.S. cargo ship off the coast of Somalia carrying food aid to East Africa

Rescuers were digging through rubble with bare hands for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit central Italy...

Wall Street pulls back after wretched March jobs report

Unemployment rate spikes to 8.5%, a 25-year high, as 663,000 jobs lost in March. 5.1 million jobs have now been lost...

A group of senators and other supporters will unveil a bill Tuesday to lift the 47-year-old travel ban to Cuba.

The Food and Drug Administration learned of the potential problem last Tuesday, when Kraft Foods Inc. notified the...

The conversational Web site, which lets users post 140-character microblogs, saw a 1,374 percent jump in unique visitors

A man shot and killed seven patients and a nurse at a Carthage, North Carolina

Three teachers, 9 students among 15 people during 3-hour killing spree

Unidentified man apparently jumped in on Canadian side, authorities say

It was 50 years ago on Tuesday that 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the Dalai Lama’s palace in Lhasa,...

Favorable rattlesnake weather calls for temperatures in the high 70s

Britain’s government tightened its grip on another ailing bank Saturday

A Young French surfer has died after he was attacked by sharks

It's a culinary mystery worthy of Agatha Christie.