Although the number of those infected is slowly rising, officials in China say the current H7N9 avian flu will be easier to contain than SARS.
Michelle Obama accidentally refers to herself as a "busy single mother" in a TV interview.
Giorgos Chatzimarkakis claims that German lawmakers hold negative stereotypes about Greek people.
For the first time in 40 years of polling, there's a "marijuana majority" in America that supports legalization.
The Conservative Party's top treasury official points to abusive and convicted child killer as symbol of what's wrong with his country's welfare system.
North Korea tells foreign envoys diplomatic safety cannot be guaranteed after April 10. But which countries even have ambassadors there?
Bulgaria is the poorest member of the European Union –- the average worker earns about €400 ($518) per month.
President Jose Mujica of Uruguay was caught on a mic apparently making disparaging remarks about Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner"
Major General Ralph Baker out as Commander of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa on misconduct charges.
During a fundraiser in California on Thursday, President Barack Obama called Kamala Harris "by far the best looking attorney general" and raised a few eyebrows from pundits.
President Obama is expected to offer adjusting Social Security payments to reduce spending growth, in exchange for raising taxes.
Young gang members in London trade dogs like mobile phones and use them in illegal activities, reveals a new research.
China confirmed Friday a sixth death from a lesser known H7N9 strain of the bird flu virus, while 14 people remain infected.
Tensions in the Korean peninsula escalated on Friday as South Korea reported that the North has loaded two missiles on mobile launchers.
Death toll in the under-construction building collapse located in the Thane suburb of Mumbai, India, has touched 71.
A new super PAC called BEARD plans to raise funds to further the campaigns of bearded candidates across America.
Anonymous is planning what will probably be a DDoS attack against several major Israeli websites on International Holocaust Memorial Day.
There are still millions of unexploded landmines from historical wars all over the world, the U.N. says.
There's no question that China's government has content censors in place. Is Apple preemptively removing content to avoid falling afoul of them?
The defection of 7 ballet dancers from Communist Cuba in Mexico last month marks the latest high-profile case of Cuban citizens seeking asylum.
Zulfikar founded a dynasty that could be compared with the Nehru-Gandhi clan in India and the Kennedys and The Bushes of the United States.
China insists on stability in the Korean Peninsula. But it's bound by a treaty to one of the contenders there.
Iran's nuclear development and the country's refusal to back down from the program boils down to one word: Khamenei.
A new bill before the state legislature is aimed at allowing lawmakers to establish a state religion.
The BRICS nations, along with dozens of other developing countries have been dumping their foreign exchange holdings of the euro.
More than a quarter of your tax dollar was spent on the military. Only a penny went to science.
Manchester police are treating attacks on alternative subcultures as hate crimes. Should the rest of England follow suit?
Only about 768,000 people in Pakistan –- about 0.57 percent of the population -– paid any income tax last year.
Thomas Beatie plans to appeal an Arizona ruling denying him a divorce on the grounds that his marriage wasn't valid.
GLAAD announced today that Bill Clinton will receive its inaugural "Advocate for Change" award, recognizing his support for marriage equality.