With early election results hinting at the shape of Egypt's first parliament since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the U.S. faces the task of navigating the dynamics between Islamist parties poised to win a commanding number of seats, skeptical liberals and a ruling military that has appeared reluctant to relinquish power.
BBC said it received about 4,700 complains about Clarkson.
The new head of the European Central Bank signaled on Thursday it was ready to take stronger action to fight Europe's debt crisis if political leaders agree next week on much tighter budget controls in the 17-nation euro zone.
To mark World AIDS Day on Thursday, New York City released a new recommendation that every person diagnosed with HIV start taking medication right away, rather than waiting until the virus progresses to AIDS and the immune system weakens.
Reportedly, there are now about 10,000 homeless people on the streets of the capital Budapest alone.
Initial results of Egypt's first free election in six decades will emerge on Thursday, with Islamist parties expecting to command a majority in parliament, hard on the heels of victories by their counterparts in Tunisia and Morocco.
It's a dream of medical science that looks tantalizingly within reach: the artificial pancreas, a potential breakthrough treatment for the scourge of type 1 diabetes.
Pakistan, enraged by a NATO cross-border attack that killed 24 soldiers, could end support for the U.S.-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister said, warning enough is enough.
Herman Cain should do himself and the Republican Party a favor and drop out of the presidential race -- but not for the reasons you think.
One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?
Take a look at the deadly disease that knows no boundaries.
A recent study, Impact of Targeted Interventions on Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in India, by the World Bank has found a significant decline in the prevalence of the HIV virus among female sex workers and young women (15-24 years) in the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.
The new head of the European Central Bank signaled Thursday it was ready to take stronger action to fight Europe's debt crisis if political leaders agree next week on much tighter budget controls in the 17-nation euro zone.
If Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain's wife Gloria Cain is not contemplating a drastic step (read divorce) she is poised to win this year's 'Stand by Your Man No Matter What' Award -- an honor which we initially thought would go to Huma Abedin, the loving wife of former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner, who had to step down following a sexting scandal.
Tatyana Limanova, the Russian broadcast news reporter who was fired for a rude hand gesture supposedly aimed at U.S. President Barack Obama, while on air, has accused her critics of lacking a sense of humor and that she was fired only when the video went viral online.
Tens of thousands of small shopkeepers went on strike across India on Thursday to protest a government decision to allow foreign retail giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc to enter the country's $450 billion retail market.
The withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq by Dec. 31 will mark the beginning of a historic new phase in relations, Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday in Baghdad.
Asian shares rallied to two-week highs Thursday, building on strong global gains after the world's six major central banks moved to tame a liquidity crunch for European banks by providing cheaper dollar funding.
With California Governor Jerry Brown making little progress in his efforts to solve the state's intractable budget problems, a number of private groups are maneuvering to put new tax measures to the voters next November.
Senate Republicans Wednesday introduced a bill that would force President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline within 60 days.
Three contenders have been knocked out of the race to earn a subsidized high-tech university campus in the city.
One of the key witnesses in the trial of City Councilman Larry B. Seabrook testified that she'd met with a doctor to discuss her diminishing memory and the onset of dementia, then gave contradictory accounts of several significant moments in the case.
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday named Michael Gibson as director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, an important role that oversees the implementation of Dodd-Frank rules and bank stress tests, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
Amazon has opposed states' efforts to force online retailers to collect sales tax from consumers, arguing that Congress must first give them authorization.
The strike by up to two million public sector workers in Great Britain has raised emotions on both sides of the issue, but perhaps no one has had as extreme a reaction to the work stoppage as Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter.
New satellite images of Iran show just how serious the explosion at a military base on Nov. 12 really was.
The father was beaten, and then all members of the family (including all three daughters) had acid poured on them.
Herman Cain will not end his presidential campaign in response to the allegation that he had a 13-year extramarital affair, he said in a defiant speech in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday.
Fulton County sheriff's deputies and local movers refused to follow orders to evict a 103-year-old woman and her 83-year-old daughter from their longtime home.
For the second time in a week, another report has emerged of an iPhone spontaneously combusting. Brazilian Ayla Mota says he woke up to discover his phone smoking and sparking less than a foot from his face.
