A powerful typhoon arrived in southern China on Thursday after skirting Hong Kong and bringing death and widespread flooding to the Philippines earlier this week. more...
Interpol placed another of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons on the equivalent of its most-wanted list on Thursday, placing pressure on the government of Niger to surrender a man accused of overseeing bloody repressions. more...
German lawmakers agreed to boost the powers of the eurozone bailout fund on Thursday, following an intensive lobbying effort to get members of the ruling coalition government onside. more...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that long-term unemployment is a "national crisis" and suggested that Congress should take further action to combat it. more...
A leading Syrian opposition figure says supporters of President Bashar Assad pelted the U.S. ambassador with tomatoes as he entered an office for a meeting and then tried to storm the office. more...
U.S. pressure on Pakistan to attack Afghan militants on its soil will not succeed, the Pakistani prime minister told a gathering Thursday of political and military leaders trying to formulate a response to fresh American allegations that the army's spy agency is supporting the insurgents. more...
A strong earthquake has rocked northeastern Japan, which is still recovering from the devastating tsunami six months ago. more...
A defence lawyer argued Thursday that Amanda Knox was an innocent girl "crucified" in the media, as a judge said the highly anticipated verdict in the appeals trial of the American student convicted of murdering her roommate would come Monday. more...
Clashes between government troops and rival tribesmen erupted anew in the Yemeni capital early Thursday and artillery shelling left at least one person dead and seven wounded. more...
The man accused of wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the deadly shooting rampage in Tucson was quiet and emotionless and mostly sat still during a federal court hearing on his mental health. more...
The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark - from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat. more...
A small plane on a local flight in western Indonesia crashed into a mountainous area Thursday and all 18 people aboard were feared dead, officials said. Rugged terrain and rains hampered searchers trying to reach the wreckage. more...
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn met in a face-to-face confrontation Thursday with a Frenchwoman who says he tried to rape her, as the two were questioned jointly by investigators deciding whether to pursue the case. more...
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-packed car Thursday near a bank where policemen were picking up their paycheques in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing two people and wounding as many as 60, officials said. more...
Prosecutors are calling a key witness Thursday in an attempt to show jurors that Michael Jackson's doctor delayed calling authorities on the day the King of Pop was found lifeless. more...
Gunmen blockaded a major bridge in Cameroon's largest city early Thursday and shot at police for several hours in an attack only 10 days before the country's presidential election. more...
Kazakhstan's upper house of parliament approved a bill Thursday that backers say will help combat religious extremism, but that critics call a blow to freedom of belief in the ex-Soviet nation. more...
Libya's new rulers believe Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding in the southern desert, possibly in a vast area near the Algerian border, under the protection of ethnic Tuareg fighters, an official said Wednesday. more...
The Security Council took its first official step Wednesday to consider the Palestinians' request for UN membership. more...
A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives -- the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting operations. more...
The UN on Wednesday said food assistance has reached nearly half the Somalis in need, though it warned cases of diarrhea and cholera could spike with the seasonal rains expected in October. more...
Muslim insurgents disguised as paramilitary rangers attacked troops guarding a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, killing four soldiers and wounding two others, police said. A 6-year-old boy was shot in the stomach during the assault. more...
A crash on one of Shanghai's newest subway lines is the latest stumble in China's rush to roll out modern services, often sacrificing safety for fast results. more...