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Pakistan: Half-Million Hard Core Heroin Addicts And Counting...

Pakistanis consume heroin valued at $1.2 billion every year.

USA Women's Basketball vs Australia: Watch Live Stream Online, Preview For The 2012 Olympic Semifinal Game

The U.S. women’s basketball team faces Australia in the semifinals of the 2012 Games. Here is how to watch a live stream of the contest online, as well as a preview for the game.

Georgia On His Mind: Bidzina Ivanishvili, Billonaire Challenger in October Election, Wants To Shake Things Up

Bidzina Ivanishvili, a Georgian billionaire who hopes to take Parliament in the upcoming elections, could breath fresh life into the burgeoning Georgian democracy. That is, if the ruling party will let him.

Catacomb Muslim Sect Uncovered In Russia; Leaders Face Cruelty Charges

Four members of a Muslim sect in Russia's Tatarstan region have been charged with cruelty against children, after the authorities discovered last week 70 members living in catacomb-like cells in an eight-level underground bunker on the outskirts of the city of Kazan, under the orders of a self-proclaimed Islamic prophet Fayzrahman Satarov.

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Olympics Recap: Top Stories From Tuesday's London Games

Neymar led Brazil to the gold-medal match in men's soccer.

An Air China plane comes in to land over the roof of the railway station at Beijing's internationl airport

China Tries To Break The Airbus-Boeing Duopoly, Slowly

The Chinese government has taken an important step towards breaking the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and EADS N.V. (Paris: EAD)'s Airbus SAS's duopoly in aerospace manufacturing by successfully testing a new regional plane, the Financial Times reported.

Pfizer, BYU Go To Court In May, Celebrex and Millions Of Dollars At Stake

Pfizer Settles Government Bribery Complaints

Among the charges: Pfizer's China subsidiary was accused of offering a program where doctors could claim cell phones and other goodies based on how many prescriptions they doled out of the company's products.

Foul Play, Or Fair Game? Turkish Politicians Blast Obama For Holding A Baseball Bat

Some Turkish politicians think Presisdent Barack Obama should have kept his hands free when he called Prime Minister Erdogan... but they had their own reasons to cause a stir.

Corn Drought? Who Cares? For World's Poorest, It's All About Rice And Wheat

The effects of the drought that has pummeled the U.S. corn belt will be felt for a while, but the grain most affected by it isn't one the world's hungriest depend on to survive.

Recent Heat Waves Caused By Global Warming, Study Claims

NASA researcher James Hansen is coauthor of a new paper that places the blame for heat waves over the past few years squarely on global warming.

Nick Delpopolo Disqualified From 2012 Olympics After Failing Drug Test, Claims He Inadvertently Ate Pot Brownie

U.S. judo competitor Nick Delpopolo was disqualified at the 2012 Olympics in London after the 23-year-old reportedly tested positive for THC, a substance found in marijuana, during a drug test.

Blast Kills At Least 4 In Russia's Volatile Chechnya Region

A blast ripped through the capital of Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Monday, killing at least four interior ministry soldiers and injuring three people, a local government source said.

Syrian President’s Inner Circle Just Got Smaller

"I am from today a soldier in this blessed revolution," says former premier from Jordan on Monday.

London Olympics 2012 Day 8 Recap: Bolt, Murray, And Others Take Home The Gold At Sunday's Games

Sunday's Olympic Games saw several stunning performances, as Usain Bolt, Andy Murray, and more stunned audiences and secured their places at the 2012 London Games.

Syrian Army Prepares For Massive Assault On Rebel Forces In Aleppo

Over 20,000 Syrian army troops are massed around Aleppo in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale assault on the city to push out rebel forces.

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to the media at a polling station during local election in Minsk

Europe’s Last Dictator: Alexander Lukashenko And The Bad News Bears Of Belarus

If hundreds and hundreds of teddy bears can't bring down Europe's last dictatorship, what can?

Burned wreckage in the path of the Duck Lake Fire.

These Wildfires May Never Really Leave; They Just Go Underground To Flame Up Anytime

Peat fires, or underground blazes in the wake of wildfires, are an increasingly dangerous hazard globally and extremely expensive to contain for resource-challenged regions, as Michigan's Upper Peninsula is finding out.

Russia, Iran Warn Against Foreign Intervention In Syria

Russia and Iran both reaffirmed their positions Friday that there should be no foreign intervention in the Syrian conflict.

Who’s That Girl? China Claims Kazakhstan’s Gold Medalist, Zulfiya Chinshanlo, For Itself

Zulfiya Chinshanlo won the gold medal for women's weightlifting at the 2012 London Summer Olympics -- but for whom?

Russia Denies Marines Bound For Syria; UN Denounces Assad

The Russian defense ministry has denied claims that a small division of ships carrying several hundred marines is bound for the Syrian port of Tartus.

London Olympics 2012 Day 5 Recap: Phelps Adds to Medal Record, Douglas Wins Gymnastics Gold

A day after becoming the most decorated medal-winner in Olympics history, American swimmer Michael Phelps decided 19 medals wasn't enough.

Gabrielle Douglas of the U.S. performs on the asymmetric bars

Gabby Douglas Wins Gold in All-Around Gymnastics

A new American star has emerged at the London Games as Gabby Douglas won the women's all-around gymnastics title on Thursday.

Kofi Annan Out As Syria Envoy, Cites Security Council 'Finger-Pointing' As One Reason

Kofi Annan's decision to resign as UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria has thrown the violence and lack of diplomatic solution into sharp relief.

The Christian Dilemma In Syria

While the world considers the broader regional implications of the Syria crisis, the status and position of religious minorities is becoming an increasingly important issue.