Tokyo, Japan (AP):Australia and Germany advised their citizens in Japan yesterday to consider leaving Tokyo and earthquake-affected areas, joining a growing number of governments and businesses telling...
Karachi, Pakistan (AP):A Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy has died in prison and his lawyer said yesterday he suspected the man had been murdered.Regional prison chief Ghulam Qadir Thebo said the prison doctor believed Qumar David, 50, died of a...
WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration's most vocal advocate for nuclear power said yesterday that the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan will eventually help the United States strengthen safety at its 104 reactors....
BRUSSELS (AP): Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed yesterday to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven ageing reactors, one of them...
Soma (AP):Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors yesterday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis...
Cape Town (AP):Rights activists are speaking out against rapes targeting lesbians in South Africa.About 25 demonstrators rallied outside parliament on Monday while their leaders met with government...
Moammar Gadhafi's forces overwhelmed rebels in a strategic eastern city, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing.
A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline yesterday, overwhelming crematoriums, exhausting supplies of body bags and adding to the spiralling humanitarian, economic and nuclear crisis after the massive earthquake and tsunami.
US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has resigned after describing the treatment of the man accused of leaking secret cables to Wikileaks as stupid.
TAGAJO, Japan (AP):The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in one state alone, an official said yesterday, as millions of survivors were left without drinking water, electricity...
KORIYAMA, Japan (AP):Japan's nuclear crisis intensified yesterday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns and more than 180,000 people evacuated the quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast where fears spread over...
Libya - Troops loyal to Moammar Gaddafi shell the oil town of Brega in eastern Libya, pounding pockets of resistance during their swift advance on the country's poorly equipped and loosely organised rebels....
A Japanese government official says the level of radiation at a troubled nuclear plant has exceeded the legal limit, underscoring the continuing problems with reactors rattled by Friday's massive eart
The U.N. nuclear agency says Japan has declared a state of emergency at another earthquake-affected nuclear plant where higher-than-permitted levels of radioactivity were measured.
The world moved a step closer to a decision on imposing a no-fly zone over Libya but Moammar Gadhafi was swiftly advancing Saturday on the poorly equipped and loosely organized rebels who have seized
The BBC says forces loyal to Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi have made major gains against anti-government rebels, pushing them from two key areas.
