Israel marked Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday with a series of solemn events and a siren blaring throughout the country to pay tribute to the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust.
Anders Behring Breivik was trying to capture and decapitate former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during the massacre on Utoya island, he said on Thursday.
India now joins China, Russia, France, the U.S. and UK (and perhaps Israel) as the only countries on earth with similar capabilities.
Cherry-picking a mere 100 people from across the world and from across all walks of life and getting everyone to agree to it is practically impossible.
France and Spain sold all the bonds they wanted at auction on Thursday, though for Spain the cost was rising yields, indicating growing concerns the government will not be able to tame its deficit.
High ranking officials from the US State Department are said to have engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior in Iraq, as alleged by a foreign service officer, the Daily Mail reported.
Series of bomb blasts in several areas in northern Iraq including its capital Baghdad killed at least 36 and injured more than hundred on Thursday, according to a Reuters report.
UN probe panel is investigating the allegations that China has provided long range ballistic missile technology to North Korea, according to an AFP report quoting a defense magazine. According to the allegations North Korea's new missile launcher is based on Chinese missile technology, report said.Military analysts of IHS Jane's magazine tipped-off the United Nation's panel of experts about a possible transfer of either technology or the missile itself, from China to North Korea.
China is planning to ease monetary policy further to boost liquidity in the financial system and help the economy regain growth momentum it lost in recent times, according to reports.
Japan reported Thursday a record trade deficit for fiscal year 2011 as exports tumbled on account of falling global demand and a nuclear energy crisis that resulted in the rise of oil and gas imports.
The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it has received pledges worth $320 billion to boost a global firewall against Europe's debt crisis.
India Thursday successfully test fired nuclear capable long-range ballistic missile Agni-V, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced in a press statement. With the launch of the missile, which has a range of 3,100 miles, India has joined the elite club of countries with long-range nuclear missile capability.
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Wednesday the central bank is fully committed to continuing powerful monetary easing through various measures, such as keeping interest rates practically at zero and purchasing financial assets until 1 percent inflation is in sight.
Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday advanced a proposal to repeal a major section of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law as part of a broader deficit reduction effort, a move Democrats derided as a misguided budget gimmick.
Three of the 11 Secret Service employees being investigated for allegations of sexual misconduct in Colombia are leaving, the agency said Wednesday evening.
The House, on Wednesday, passed a bill ordering the issuance of a permit for the construction of the Keystone XL Pipleline from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast.
The proportion of Americans contributing to the nation's public presidential election campaign fund has decreased considerably since the programs hey-day in the 1970s.
More than 200 mail processing centers could close within weeks unless Congress steps in, but it's only a temporary solution.
General Ashfaq Kayani, head of Pakistan's military, calls for India and Pakistan to end occupation of the world's highest battlefield
Senator Daniel Akaka's retirement jeopardizes the fight to grant Native Hawaiians federal recognition
Juan Carlos I, the king of Spain, issued a public apology on Wednesday in response to widespread criticism of his ill-timed elephant-hunting vacation in Botswana. Is the once-revered Spanish monarch is likely to step down?
King Juan Carlos of Spain issued an unprecedented apology for going on safari while Spain's economy struggles
Japan slashed its oil purchases from Iran in April, cutting imports from the Islamic Republic by nearly 80 percent.
The previous opposition alliance comprised four parties, including the biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, which is also part of the new coalition.
She reportedly was disgusted when an agent brought down the price to $30 from $800.
The Obama campaign launched an appeal to Latino voters on Wednesday, seeking to bolster its advantage with a bloc of voters that could play a pivotal role in several swing states.
Environmental advocacy group the Sierra Club endorsed President Obama Wednesday, supporting his 2012 reelection campaign.
Former Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure was ousted last month following a military coup
Election 2012? Democrats are already cheering for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Rita Crundwell doesn't just handle the finances of a small Illinois city - she's allegedly a big-time thief who raided the city of Dixon's coffers to the tune of $33.2 million, the U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of Illinois announced.
