Rizana had been imprisoned in the Dawadmi jail in Riyadh province, since her arrest in 2005.
An incident at China's Southern Weekend newspaper led to a near-revolt by employees of Beijing News, and now celebrities are joining journalists in rejecting censorship.
At least 59 people were injured Wednesday morning in Lower Manhattan when the Seastreak Ferry crashed into Pier 11 at around 8:50 a.m.
The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget will be picked to take Tim Geithner's place.
The outgoing secretary of state is expected to face Congressional panels on Jan. 22 regarding, again, the consulate attacks.
In his State of the State Address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to call for a complete ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons.
Nigeria, with a total population of some 162 million, already has about 110 million mobile phones in circulation.
There is no denying that the protests have indeed been massive. But do they really deserve to be called revolutionary?
The United States for the first time announcedTuesday that the administration is considering a full withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
A Bahrain court has upheld convictions for 20 opposition activists, proving once again that human rights are not a priority.
The Pakistani troops allegedly targeted an Indian Army patrol under the cover of a thick fog Tuesday morning.
Venezuela will postpone the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez for a new term, scheduled for Thursday, due to health problems, the government said Tuesday.
A 70-year-old man in Saudi Arabia said he was ripped off of a $20,000 wedding dowry from a family after marrying their 15-year-old daughter who left him.
Gawker jumped into the gun control controversy over safety vs. privacy Tuesday, publishing a searchable list of all the licensed gun permit owners in New York City.
The brutal gang-rape of a young medical student in India has attracted global attention to the epidemic of sexual assaults.
Public Policy Polling's survey of voters shows just how highly unpopular the U.S. Congress has become.
A federal judge ruled police must have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is engaged in criminal activity before stopping them.
MNS has complained that migrants from northern and eastern India have taken away jobs in Mumbai that rightfully belong to native Marathis.
The City Council in Spring City, Utah, wants all households to own a gun and could possibly pay for permit courses for elementary school teachers.
As hunger worsens in Syria, the World Food Program estimates that it will be unable to reach about 1 million citizens facing food insecurity this winter.
Alberta oil development is releasing increasing levels of toxins into surrounding freshwater sources.
The former congresswoman and her husband, Mark Kelly, have created a gun-control lobby intended to serve as the anti-NRA.
Controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry is taking heat over criticizing the millions in aid Canada gives to Haiti after asking rhetorically on his Twitter feed, “Are we nuts?”
The Speaker of the House has been facing unrest among his fellow Republicans. Now, a poll shows a majority disapprove of him.
Singh and Thakur are currently being held in the Tihar prison outside Delhi.
The bulk of Asians in the U.K. tend to support the Labour Party; Priti Patel could turn them into Tories.
The RSS is closely linked with the principal opposition party, the right-wing nationalist (but mainstream) BJP.
Japan’s newly elected government headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Tuesday summoned the Chinese ambassador, for the time since its inauguration, to protest against the presence of Chinese vessels in waters near a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea.
An alliance between the PDL party and the Northern Alliance brings Silvio Berlusconi back into the spotlight ahead of Italian elections.
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the war and the security situation in Afghanistan.
