Cucumbers, believed to have been imported from Spain, claimed lives of atleast ten people so far, and left hundreds sick in Germany, said a BBC report on Saturday.
The attackers of the Saturday's blast in Afghanistan that killed the Chief of Afghan Police, were wearing police uniforms at the time of attack.
One of the most powerful men in North Afghanistan, the Aghan Police chief Dawood Dawood got killed when a suicide bomber attacked on Saturday, reported Reuters.
A NATO aircraft destroyed guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli , and later staged a rare daytime air strike on the Libyan capital, stepping up pressure on him to quit, a NATO official said, reported Reuters on Saturday.
A bill, which would have required social-networking and Internet sites such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Skype and online matchmaking sites to hide users' personal information unless they opt otherwise, failed to exit the floor of California's Senate on Friday with lawmakers tied at 16-16.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to begin for his first full term on Sunday amid high expectations that he will usher reforms and try to heal regional rifts, Reuters reported.
A least one man was injured when Syrian security force fired to stop a demonstration against Baathist rule on Saturday night in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, Reuters reported.
Delta officials have not determined if Saturday's engine fire incident on a plane making a hard landing in Atlanta will affect other flights, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported on Saturday.
An e-mail belonging to ChronoPay financial controller Alexandra Volkova has been traced to MacDefender and Mac Security Scareware incidents, according to a new web security report.
On December 15, 1873, a 37-year-old Grover Cleveland, who was then a lawyer in Buffalo, New York, raped a woman he was courting.
Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Despite his other qualifications, he will face a disadvantage because of it.
North Korean food crisis is no longer news, but this year it has made unusual public pleas for food aid. Should North Korea get food aid or not? While the easy answer to the heartrending stories of North Korean's plights may be unconditional food aids, there are more significant factors, complex and indispensable for the ultimate well-being of the North Koreans in the long run, to be considered.
Online heavy-weights also comprising of Facebook and Google heads have asked the world leaders attending the G8 summit to make internet accessible for everybody.
A powerful bomb exploded near a restaurant in a northwestern Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border killing eight tribesmen and wounding 10 others, local media reported.
A service member of NATO was killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a local media reported.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and the SarahPAC team will begin a trip through the nation's rich historical sites, starting from Washington, DC and going up through New England, stated Sarah Palin's official website posted on Thursday.
An Islamic states association has complained about a European draft resolution that asks the UN Security Council to condemn Syria and has demanded that part to be deleted.
Marking the first stop in his two-day visit to Poland, United States President Barack Obama visited the memorials where tens of thousands of Jews were killed in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Second World War.
Palestinians are not seeking to isolate Israel, but will pursue the unilateral demand for UN recognition of statehood, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday.
In a surprise move, Russia took the side of Britain and France over Libya for the first time yesterday, calling for the Middle-East despot to leave office.
As NATO air-strikes hit Tripoli for the fifth straight night and Russia teaming up with Western powers in demanding his exit, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is feeling the heat of tightened military and diplomatic pressure, Reuters reported.
North Korea is going to release an American citizen, who was detained in the country on unspecified charges for the past six months, Reuters reported.
Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and several other U.S. contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told Reuters.
Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack, R-CA, said Friday she would vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, saying it was wrong for the nation to continue piling on debt.
If you live in Vermont, chances are that you will be guaranteed health care coverage in 2017 at the latest. If an amendment to Obamacare passes, you could see it in 2014.
Last week, a close friend divulged that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was toying with a White House bid. Now, he is heading to New Hampshire, just in time for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy announcement.
The extension passed but the question lingers: What were they trying to warn us about?
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared May 29 an official State Day of Prayer and Remembrance, one week after a tornado struck Joplin, Mo., a city of 50,000, killing at least 125 and leaving 156 people still unaccounted for.
British intelligence sources are convinced that Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi has become “paranoid” that NATO’s missile attacks on his country will lead to his death, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, quoting UK diplomats.
Osama bin Laden and his aides wanted to make a deal with the Pakistani government under which al-Qaeda would not attack Pakistani targets in exchange for a safe haven in the country, according to a report in The New York Times.
