A private in the U.S. Army is to face a court martial after leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks.

Private First Class Bradley Manning, 24, has been in prison since his arrest one-and-a-half...

In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs.

Using heavy artillery, the Syrian forces...

CAIRO - Three people were killed in Cairo, and 6 in Suez, as thousands of angry protesters clashed with security forces in Egypt's capital Cairo and other cities for a second day Friday over the...

TEL AVIV - Iran is trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in retaliation for the assassination of its nuclear scientists, a top security official has warned.

Yoram Cohen, the head of...

BANGKOK - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal has rejected an appeal by a Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch, and increased his sentence to life imprisonment for crimes against...

NAIROBI, Kenya - A good harvest and food aid inflows have improved the situation in Somalia, the United Nations said Friday declaring that the country is out of "famine" situation, while underlining...

BEIJING - China, the holder of one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has indicated it may get "more deeply involved" in resolving the European Union debt crisis.

This was stated...

TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion.

Panasonic said it was headed...

LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay.

The Markit eurozone...

BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009...

LONDON - Seven National Health Services (NHS) trusts, including three in London, have been identified for a bailout from a 1.5 billion pounds government fund to relieve major financial pressures.
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AMSTERDAM - The International Court of Justice has ordered Italy to annul all compensation claims against Germany for Nazi war crimes, saying Rome had breached international laws when its courts...

In a potential Election 2012 matchup, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is at 45% while President Obama earns 44%. This is the first time in any poll that Santorum has led the president....

Police have closed the last of the big Occupy Wall Street encampments in the United States, this one just a few blocks from the White House. Some 50 police converged on McPherson Square to seize...

Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution Saturday calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to resign, prompting the US delegate to react with "disgust" that the permanent...

A video released Saturday captures Friday's demonstration in the West Bank Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh, in which two foreign activists were directly hit by Israeli tear gas...

There isn't a much greater thrill for an event producer than to be on tour with The Rolling Stones - the grand production, tons of equipment and staging, and weeks of insurmountable logistical...

Babies are supposed to be born head first; if they insist on "walking" into the world - the breech position - there could be trouble. Breech babies are often delivered by cesarean section...

Keyhole surgery - laparoscopy - requires a surgeon with a high level of eye-hand coordination, motor skills, perception and sensitivity; older doctors tend to find it more difficult to perform than...

Top officials in the Syrian government that I spoke with more than a decade ago following Syrian President Bashar Assad's rise to power strongly suggested that he was determined to introduce...

It's my kind of holiday. Short, sweet and environmentally friendly. It is also the most quintessentially Israeli festival. Tu Bishvat, the New Year for Trees.Of course Jews in the Diaspora...

ROME: An Italian man on Saturday threw his 16-month-old son off a bridge into the river in Rome in a fit of rage following a custody row, and was arrested by police as he fled, reports said.The...

Steve Appleton, chief executive and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., died Friday, Feb. 3, when a small plane he was piloting crashed at the Boise Airport in Idaho. He was 51. "Steve's...

(CBS/AP) President Barack Obama issued a remarkably strong statement Saturday condemning the Syrian regime's "unspeakable assault" against its own people, following Friday's...

Fresh off jobs numbers showing 243,000 new jobs in January, President Obama could have focused his weekly video address on the positive news. Instead, the president discussed his new plan to revive...

(AP) Miss. man got DUI between applying or, getting pardon BRANDON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and parole officials say they didn't know a man was charged with DUI after a...

(CBS News) TOKYO -- Call Japan The Incredible Shrinking Country. Fwer babies mean Japan's population could plunge, by 30 percent in coming decades. There are many reasons for this demographic...

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia's capital Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's grip on power. But supporters of Mr Putin, who will stand in...

Ethnic Tuareg rebels have launched a fierce offensive against Mali's security forces in a bid to seize the northern town of Kidal. The attack on Saturday is further evidence that Tuareg rebels...

South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has upheld the membership suspension of one of its prominent youth leaders convicted of causing rifts within the bloc. A panel...

LAS VEGAS - In a state where so many fortunes have changed on a roll of the dice, Mitt Romney is hoping for no surprises in Nevada, where Republicans began voting at caucuses Saturday morning in the...

MOSCOW -- On this day 22 years ago, Moscow pensioners Irina and her husband Vladislav took to the streets of the Russian capital alongside hundreds of thousands of others in a massive protest against...

Russia and China have vetoed a UN resolution backing an Arab peace plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The other 13 council members, including the U.S., France, and...

Other 13 council members vote in favor of resolution calling on Assad to step down; US's UN Amb. Rice calls veto "disgusting"; Clinton: military intervention "absolutely ruled...

MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others staged a rally...

CAIRO - A civilian council appointed to advise Egypt's military rulers said on Saturday preparations for a presidential election should begin on February 23, a step that would bring forward the...

Teheran is considering a ban on Samsung to protest an advertisement for an Israeli cable provider that makes light of the war of words and mysterious explosions being waged between Iran and Israel,...

More than 200 people have been killed by Syrian forces after a barrage of mortars and artillery was unleashed on the battered city of Homs...

Enormous sadness: Nottingham Forest have released a statement detailing their enormous sadness about the death of the club's owner Nigel Doughty, who has been found dead at his home in...

A winner of an Irish competition to resemble the Hollywood superstar George Clooney has left many bemused as the similarity is rather less than...

She was also sent out to beg on the streets of London, according to prosecutors. Her treatment led to her being dubbed Cinderella, after the abused girl in the...

Following Steve Hornsby's discovery of the small blue globules, after a hailstorm last week, some unusual explanations have been put forward about the...

Mr Justice Hedley said: 'It is strange, but nevertheless true, that even the freedom to make unwise decisions is one that the court is required to guard and only to restrict if and when the best...

BOISE, Idaho -- The head of memory chip-maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed...

MUNICH, Germany: The United States said Saturday Europe remains Washington's "partner of first resort" despite a US strategic pivot to Asia, but it urged Europe to pull its weight.In a...

UNITED NATIONS: Russia and China on Saturday vetoed for the second time a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests.Thirteen countries voted...

BOISE, Idaho -- The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed...

ROME: Hundreds of people were rescued Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 260 lives across Europe maintained its...

HEBRON, Palestinian Territories: About 1,000 Palestinians, some calling on premier Salam Fayyad to quit, marched in the West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday in protest against his austerity plans.In...

Foreign Secretary William Hague joined international condemnation of their stance amid protests at Syrian embassies around the world that led to six arrests in London. Anger was fuelled by a...