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A rocket exploded in the Israeli resort town of Eilat early Thursday morning. No one was injured when the rocket landed in a construction site near a residential neighborhood.

Global food prices rose in March for a third successive month, driven by gains in grains and vegetable oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Thursday, putting food inflation firmly back on the economic agenda.

School notebook covers bearing the portrait of Josef Stalin has stirred up a controversy in Russia, as human rights activists and historians allege that the notebooks inspire a positive image of the Soviet dictator in children's minds.

At its summit this week in Cambodia, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations struggled to come to a consensus on how to deal with China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

If Mitt Romney's three-state primary sweep Tuesday night wasn't enough, the GOP front-runner and President Barack Obama's dueling speeches at an annual press luncheon set the stage for the general election.

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei's self-broadcasting webpage is taken down just days after its launch

A federal judge is retaliating against what he says was an inappropriate comment on the judiciary by President Barack Obama, and he is doing so with an unusual tactic: he assigned administration lawyers to do homework.

Anders Behring Breivik said in an open letter on Wednesday that being declared insane would be a fate worse than death.

However, Clinton added that the majority of sanctions will remain in place.

The Bush administration did not have legal grounds to allow the Central Intelligence Agency's enhanced interrogation techniques, according to a newly released memo written by a State Department official.

The body of French scholar Richard Descoings was found in a New York hotel on Tuesday. Police say there is no evidence of foul play

Vietnamese authorities have charged 18 members of a non-violent organization based in an eco-tourism site with conspiracy to overthrow the government.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she would turn down an offer to be Mitt Romney's vice-presidential running mate if he wins the Republican nomination.

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four accused co-conspirators face possible imposition of the death penalty when they're tried by a U.S. military commission.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the House of Representatives, said the Affordable Care Act was written in an iron clad way to withstand constitutional review.

After being held by rebels for more than a decade in the Colombian jungle, the former hostages gave accounts of their captivity

India has promised not to arm the submarines with nuclear weapons, only cruise missiles, in honor of international non-proliferation and security treaties.

The top donor to the pro-Santorum Red, White and Blue super PAC said he will continue to support Santorum's presidential campaign through at least Pennsylvania.

Monday's raids on a prominent Oakland medical marijuana advocate's businesses and properties underscored the federal-local divide over the legality and utility of cannabis.

The opposition groups held peaceful demonstrations in nine districts of the capital Nouakchott

Japan plans to build the nation's largest geothermal power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the location of the massive earthquake and tsunami which led to last year's nuclear disaster.

The Northern League has also in the past criticized corruption in the southern part of Italy and in Sicily.

The Israeli military evicted a group of Israeli settlers from a two-story house in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday afternoon.

Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney channeled a pining, old newspaperman, thanking the press for its coverage but claiming he missed the days of two or more sources for a story.

Chevron, the second-biggest U.S. oil company, and Transocean are facing a second civil lawsuit which doubles the amount they may have to pay for two oil leaks off the coast of Brazil.

China's rise has unsettled many Westerners, especially Americans who fear Chinese influence could overwhelm that of the U.S. As the U.S. struggles through economic recovery, will China seize its chance to lead the world?

Trading on nonpublic information is already illegal for House and Senate members, but the new law bars them and any other federal employee from trading on nonpublic information about upcoming legislation or regulations. It also tightens disclosure requirements on financial transactions.

By resigning, the president becomes eligible for an emergency election expected to take place May 6, and it opens the door to a challenge from opposition leader Tomislav Nikolic, who favors stronger ties with Russia.

The U.S. oil giant is engaged in a battle with Ecuadoran courts over $18 billion in environmental damages. While that saga continues, a judge in New York said Chevron doesn't have to pay a $21.8 million fine.