Iceland

September 05 2012 4:29 PM

As Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers admits that he may need to bring in a free-agent striker, a look at five of the candidates.

August 30 2012 12:41 PM

As climate change warms the world's oceans and Arctic sea ice recedes to its lowest -ever recorded levels, China has taken advantage of it -- and may soon reap commercial benefits

August 16 2012 6:12 AM

An Aeroflot passenger jet carrying 253 people from New York to Moscow Thursday made an emergency landing at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland after a bomb threat.

July 09 2012 4:23 PM

It is difficult to reconcile the accusations that TomKat was merely a contractual agreement with the way the split has played out so far -- with Cruise convincingly playing the role of the jilted husband and Holmes the long-suffering wife who can't get away from him fast enough. On the other hand, the hasty settlement is more suggestive of a premeditated ending than a knock-down, drag-out fight would have been.

July 05 2012 3:57 PM

As Brendan Rodgers continues to struggle to bring players in, Liverpool could face a fight to hold onto their existing talent.

July 03 2012 2:04 PM

Neither sanctuaries nor moratoriums have stopped Japanese crews from killing hundreds of whales every year in the waters surrounding Antarctica.

July 01 2012 2:36 PM

The Cruise-Holmes divorce and John Travolta controversy are just the latest events to make headlines for the Church of Scientology.

June 29 2012 5:25 PM

For the first time in over a decade, Iceland's longtime incumbent of 15 years President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has a viable candidate facing him for reelection this Saturday - a former television reporter who recently gave birth to a baby girl.

June 27 2012 11:09 AM

Gunnar the seal, a real-life U.S. Navy seal part of the marine mammal program, died on Friday at the age of 38, the Smithsonian National Zoo announced on Tuesday.