At least 17 people died and 80 were injured in an unexplained explosion in an eastern suburb of Myanmar's biggest city, Yangon, Thursday, police said.
Newt Gingrich said Wednesday his failure to meet the requirements for the Virginia primary ballot resulted from fraud by a worker hired by his campaign.
Anonymous-affiliated hacktivist group TeaMp0isoN said Wednesday evening that it had taken down four Colombian government websites, all of which are now shuttered and bear the words TeaMp0ison, a YouTube clip and a short message on a black background.
Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney has taken the lead in Iowa, which holds its caucuses in six days, and Rick Santorum is surging, according to a new poll commissioned by CNN and Time magazine.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said Wednesday he is dropping out of the Republican presidential race and is seeking the Libertarian Party nomination for president.
In a year filled with partisan strife, economic calamities and foreign policy conundrums, picking President Barack Obama's biggest achievements feels darned near impossible. But whittle away lowlights and a rather substantive list remains.
Video seen of Kim Jong Il's funeral procession on a cold, snowy day in North Korea's capital of Pyohgyang shows that many in North Korea were apparently moved to tears by his death and funeral procession. Some wonder if it was all a fake, however.
Disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner wanted a threesome with a female and another man, according to a woman that Weiner was texting while in office.
The United States warned the Iranian government that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will not be tolerated after Iran threatened to do so if sanctions were put in place.
From Rep. Ron Paul to former Speaker Next Gingrich, nine-year-old Ari Garnick has been making the rounds before the New Hampshire primary asking each GOP candidate one crucial question: if you could be any superhero, who would it be an why? Find their baffling, hilarious and surprising sincere answers here.
Authorities claim at least two miners have been injured and three have been trapped underground following a fire in a zinc mine in eastern Tennessee.
Afghanistan will accept a Taliban liaison office in Qatar to jumpstart peace negotiations on condition that no foreign power can involve itself in the process without its consent, the government peace council said Tuesday.
Occupy New Year's Eve in Zuccotti Park will be the hot (free!) ticket this year for protesters looking to ring in the holiday in solidarity with their brothers and sisters in arms.
Ex-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Wednesday.
The charges that Paul is racist and anti-Semitic are nothing new.
The pipeline will carry Russian gas under the Black Sea into Europe.
The commander for Guantanamo Bay prison has signed a disputed order that requires officials to review communications between lawyers and prisoners charged with organizing the Sept. 11 attacks, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press.
European shares tracked Wall Street into the red in light trade on Wednesday, with auto makers the steepest fallers as investors cashed in on a recent rally.
On Friday, I criticized Ron Paul's suggestion in 2007 that the Civil War could have been avoided if Abraham Lincoln had chosen to buy the slaves and release them, and I challenged readers to come up with other alternatives to the Civil War. Here are some of their responses.
The king also pays a 40 percent tax on his income.
A team of Arab League monitors began its second day of work in the Syrian city of Homs Wednesday, the scene of violent battle between regime troops and opposition protestors, just as the government announced the release of 755 political prisoners.
A list of the ten most important people in world politics from the past year.
Nearly 100,000 people have fled their homes in one northern Nigerian state, while violence between Muslims and Christians and the government continues.
Siku, an adorable baby polar bear, was born on Nov. 22 at the Scandinavian Wildlife Park in Kolind and is being hand-reared in the Denmark zoo. The precious newborn has melted the hearts of animal lovers around the globe as videos of Siku have gone viral online.
Rick Perry, who said last month that he supported abortion in cases of rape or incest, told an Iowa pastor on Tuesday that he had undergone a transformation and now opposed abortion without exceptions.
Persian Gulf oil producing nations are prepared to compensate for any loss of oil in the world market, a senior Saudi official said after Iran amped-up its rhetoric Tuesday about blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a key supply route for the world’s oil.
Opinion polls suggest that JLP and PNP are running neck-and- neck.
Footage of Kim Jong-il's funeral from North Korean state television shows a heartbroken populace mourning for the loss of their leader, their father and their god.
A giant alien black tiger prawn species has appeared in the coastal waters of Texas. Scientists worry that the tiger shrimp could have a dramatic ecological impact, changing the balance of marine life and potentially killing out native species. Native to the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, the tiger prawns can grow up to 13 inches long.
One-time Republican Primary frontrunner Rick Perry filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to get on Virginia's 2012 Republican Primary ballot after not producing enough signatures to meet requirements last week.
