SANAA (AP):A Yemeni security official and witnesses say the bodies of dozens of illegal immigrants, mostly from Somalia and Ethiopia, have been found on western beaches after their boat capsized in the Red Sea....
US soldier released by Taliban after 5 yearsWASHINGTON (AP):Nearly five years after his capture by insurgents, Sgt Bowe Bergdahl climbed into an American helicopter.
CHICAGO (AP):A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors reported...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP):Some drought-stricken rivers and streams in Northern California's coastal forests are being polluted and sucked dry by water-guzzling medical marijuana farms, wildlife officials say - an issue that has spurred at least one county to...
TOPEKA, Kansas (AP):The highly controversial Westboro Baptist Church is planning to picket Maya Angelou's funeral.The church has asked their Twitter followers for information on Angelou's funeral.
U.S. officials said Sunday that Bergdahl's health and safety appeared in jeopardy, prompting rapid action to secure his release. But Republicans said the deal could place U.S. troops in danger.
On Tuesday, Katz and Harold H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest struck a deal to gain full control of the Inquirer as well as the Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com by buying out their co-owners for $88 million.
Fears have been mounting in European countries that the hundreds of European radicals who are joining the fight in Syria against President Bashar Assad could stage attacks when they get home.
Egypt's outgoing interim president has issued a decree making dishonouring the Egyptian flag or not standing for the national anthem a criminal offence, punishable by sentences of up to one year in prison and a fine of more than $4,000.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and former leader Tony Blair have urged Sudan's government to lift the death sentence imposed on a Christian woman who refused to renounce her faith.
Police arrested a third suspect yesterday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in northern India, as a top state official said he was recommending a federal investigation into a case that has triggered national outrage.
Officials in the United States have confirmed that an American soldier who was held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly five years was freed today in deal that includes ...
LONDON (AP):Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.Researchers found more than two billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese.
ABUJA (AP): Nigeria's leader vowed yesterday to "do everything possible to bring our daughters home," referring to the mass abduction of more than 300 schoolgirls...
el-Sissi wins election by a landslideCAIRO (AP):Egypt's interim president says turnout in presidential elections has reached some 46 per cent, as the former army chief claims a crushing victory over sole opponent with more than 93 per...
BEIJING (AP):In a stadium filled with 7,000 people, a Chinese court announced guilty verdicts for 55 people on charges of terrorism, separatism and murder as the government tries to display its determination to combat unrest in the troubled northwest...
NAIROBI, (AP):Corrupt police and other government employees willing to break rules for bribes are weakening Kenya's ability to prevent a new rash of terror carried out by attackers with links to Somali militants, officials and analysts say.Kenya has...
CONNECTICUT (AP):A federal judge says the government cannot hold certain immigrants in Massachusetts for longer than six months without a chance for a bond hearing, a ruling that advocates say is likely to benefit dozens of people picked up across...
MELILLA (AP):A thousand African migrants charged a barbed-wire border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla, yesterday, with many managing to get across, officials said, but dozens of others were beaten back by...
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):The Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Agency, (CARPHA), describing the chikungunya virus and dengue fever as "growing public health threats in the Caribbean", says it will convene a special networking symposium focusing on these...
