Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries.
A jury will decide whether Oprah Winfrey defamed the former headmistress of her South African girls school while talking about an abuse scandal in 2007.
US envoy George Mitchell has postponed a visit to Israel amid a continuing row over the country’s decision to build more Jewish homes in Arab East Jerusalem.
Reinsurance giant Swiss Re is predicting that the insurance industry could face a financial bill five times higher this year than in 2009 because of major earthquakes and storms.
British Member of Parliament David Lammy wants black fathers to become more involved with their children to help tackle social problems among young people.
A South African judge has convicted African National Congress (ANC) official Julius Malema of hate speech for his comments about the woman who accused President Jacob Zuma of rape.
The CNN is reporting that up half a million homes remained without power across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region up to late last night as rain continued to pound states from West Virginia to Connecticut for a second day.
(AP)A Venezuelan website that was accused by President Hugo Chávez of spreading false reports of killings said yesterday the government was trying to restrict criticism, but announced it had banned the visitors who posted the inaccurate rumours.
SAN DIEGO (AP): Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp and the United States government could not replicate the runaway speeding reported by a Prius owner who said his car's accelerator got stuck as he drove...
(AP):The Vatican yesterday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the Pope's handling of the crisis.Suggestions that the celibacy rule was...
Sebastian Pinera has been sworn in as president of Chile, minutes after the country was hit by the largest aftershock since last month\'s devastating earthquake.
