Astronomers have detected the brightest explosion ever witnessed in the heavens. It was a flash of light from across our galaxy so powerful that it bo...
A U.S. Congressional delegation is in Iraq to meet with the country's interim government leaders and U.S. military commanders. Amid continuing violenc...
Chinese officials on Monday said they shut down 12,575 Internet cafes between October and December of last year, as part of what the government calls ...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is raising the prospect of new U.S. sanctions against Syria following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime M...
President Bush says elections in Iraq show that terrorists cannot intimidate the will of those seeking freedom. Opposition Democrats say Mr. Bush is n...
President Bush's annual State of the Union Address to Congress and the American people Wednesday is the latest installment of a Washington ritual that...
India is set to attend the forthcoming finance meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations in London. India's presence at the meeting ref...
Voting began in Iraq several hours ago and Iraqis in many parts of the country are braving insurgent violence to vote in their first multi-party elect...
Palestinian security forces are to begin deploying in the southern Gaza Strip this week - after already fanning out across the north to halt militant ...
Almost one month after a deadly tsunami struck the shores of a dozen Indian Ocean countries, estimates of the dead and injured are running as high as ...