A faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for the killing of a Chinese woman this week, saying it was in revenge for China's killing of Muslims in its troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received grisly reports that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and torturing people in the battle-scarred city of Homs after rebel fighters had fled.
New initiatives don't always succeed first time. The government's auction of 5 percent of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, the energy group, could have flopped had it not been for last-minute intervention from state-owned Life Insurance Company of India. But if Delhi learns the right lessons, the auction route could yet be an effective way of selling stakes in state-run firms.
An Early Christian basilica, excavated during an underground railway work in Thessaloniki, the second-largest city in Greece, in 2010 was reburied recently.
Powerful tornadoes ripped through the nation's midsection on Friday, killing at least 27 people in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio as they splintered homes, damaged a prison, and tossed around vehicles. At least 13 people were killed in Indiana, another 12 in Kentucky, and two more in Ohio.
A senior investment banker of Morgan Stanley has been charged with a hate crime involving stabbing and threatening a cab driver in New York over a fare dispute.
A swarm of tornadoes tore through the U.S. midsection on Friday, splintering homes, damaging a prison, overturning trucks and killing at least four people in the hard-hit state of Indiana, officials said.
Jersey Shore's Sammi Sweetheart Giancola dished on Snooki's rumored pregnancy Friday, saying that she's happy for the Jersey Shore star whether or not she is actually pregnant.
During an interview on Fox News, Barry Hinckley can be seen silently mouthing the words that come out of his 5-year-old son’s mouth, making host Neil Cavuto visibly uncomfortable.
As GDC 2012 nears, here are the top five announcements video game insiders say are likely to be made by various companies at the 2012 Game Developers Conference.
Israelis and Palestinians alike woke up Friday in the Holy City to an unexpected sight: snow falling in Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the Galilee, and the West Bank cities of Hebron and Bethlehem. Check out some of the best pictures here, from children playing at the Western Wall to snowfall over the Mount of Olives and young men building a snowman on top of a seminary.
At least two tornadoes raged across Alabama on Friday, destroying homes in the Hunstville region. Emergency responders rushed to Limestone and Madison counties to assist residents as houses collapsed.
Celebrated Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla died unexpectedly Thursday while on a concert tour throughout Europe. He was 68. The prolific musician had roots in jazz, but was known to play music in all genres, ranging from folk to opera. Dalla is most famous for composing the haunting Caruso in 1986.
Deion Sanders' wife reportedly filed two lawsuits in Collin county district court against the former all-star. She is seeking $200 million in damages for libelous and slanderous statements posted online about her.
The 'Chuck Norris Bridge' has 1,157 votes, or 74 percent of all votes cast by Slovakians, who enjoy the jokes about the Walker, Texas Ranger star's strength, manliness and his purported cancer-curing tears that permeate the web, according to Reuters.
The Oxford University ethicist has been receiving death threats after co-writing an article arguing that killing newborns should be as permissible as getting an abortion. The paper, written with Dr. Alberto Giubilini and titled After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? has been vigorously defended by the editor of Journal of Medical Ethics as a crucial contribution to academic discussion.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday called up Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who Rush Limbaugh called a slut and prostitute, to thank her for speaking out on the issue of access to contraception.
Facebook Inc will add more banks in coming weeks to help underwrite the company's initial public offering, two sources familiar with its plans said on Friday.
A stolen NASA laptop contained security codes to the International Space Station. It was one of 48 laptops stolen between April 2009 and April 2011.
After the tragic shooting Monday that took the lives of three students and left two others wounded, the students of Ohio's Chardon High returned to school Friday.
Tatum O'Neal has denied rumors of a drug relapse. Rumors were that the 48-year-old Academy Award-winning actress, who has publicly battled substance abuse for years, was back in rehab after a cocaine relapse last month.
X Factor auditions have begun. This article will teach you how to try out online and in person to be on season 2 of the hottest music competition show on TV.
36 people were arrested in New York for allegedly cheating auto insurance companies out of a quarter billion dollars in an elaborate scheme run by a Russian gang. The $279-million insurance fraud involved corrupted doctors and lawyers, feigned medical claims and over 100 fake clinics, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
U.S. President Barack Obama's uncle, Onyango Obama, was supposed to head into a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday for allegedly driving drunk. However, the court hearing was delayed. Why?
Ocean acidification is worst it has been in 300 million years and could cause the extinction of coral reefs and other species, according to a new study.
U.S. Coast Guard officials announced they have found and recovered bodies of two crew members that were missing since a helicopter crashed in Mobile Bay as part of a training exercise Tuesday night.
Japanese researchers have developed a new gadget to stop a conversation in seconds.
Rumors are circulating the Internet about what Breitbart had on President Barak Obama. He planned to release a series of tapes during the president's Harvard days showing Obama in an extremely negative light. Now, a friend of Breitbart plans to release the tapes in less than two weeks.
The Hunger Games soundtrack, which features a star-studded lineup including Taylor Swift, the Decemberists, Marroon 5, Miranda Lambert and many more, won't be released until March 20. But fans eager to hear music from the T Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack can listen to the Arcade Fire's new track from the album, Abraham's Daughter.
Today, is the birthday of the late, great Dr. Seuss. Check out some of his most famous and well known books.
