A Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli soldiers, who shot back and killed him, near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday, the military said.
At least 48 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bombings targeting Shi'ite pilgrims and police, a third day of bloodshed that posed a challenge to Iraqi security forces as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw.
South Korea agreed on Thursday to a North Korean offer of high-level military talks, a major breakthrough in the crisis on the peninsula which improves the prospect of renewed aid-for-disarmament negotiations.
Iran said it had no fresh offer to make to revive a nuclear fuel swap proposal but was ready to discuss it in talks with world powers on Friday, and Russia said ways of easing sanctions on Tehran should be addressed too.
President Barack Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the value of China's yuan currency rise and delivered a strong message on U.S. concerns over Beijing's human rights record at a summit on Wednesday.
Tunisian police fired shots into the air on Thursday to try to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding that ministers associated with the rule of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali leave the government.
Consumer prices rose a lower than expected 0.9 percent in Morocco in 2010, with gains in food prices offset by lower communications costs, the state planning and statistics authority (HCP) said on Thursday.
The John F. Kennedy inaugural address was 50 years ago to the day and is the subject of Google's Thursday home-page doodle. The address is given here in full text.
Bangladesh investors rioted on the streets of Dhaka after regulators halted trading on the country’s stock exchanges after only five minutes following the start of the trading day.
Full video of President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
Full text of President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
India on Thursday said it is considering to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail and defense sectors as part of its efforts to step up foreign investments into the country.
The central bank of Brazil raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 11.25 percent to help cool down its supercharged economic growth.
Embattled Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said that he intends to dissolve parliament and call a general election for March 11.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, currently in U.S. custody for alleged acts of terrorism, is responsible for the death of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, CNN reported, citing a report released by the Pentagon.
Michelle Obama asks American students to study in China, stressing the need for competitiveness and cooperation
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit watchdog, has claimed that they have uncovered documents that reveal association of Wall Street investors with high-ranking Education officials to craft regulations, allowing them access to net millions of dollars through the short sale of for-profit college stocks.
At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.
Two blasts took place simultaneously in the eastern Ukrainian town of Makiyivka early on Thursday but no one was hurt by the explosions, a local police spokesman said.
World’s most populous nation China is also the largest net savvy population in the world now as more than a third of its population were hooked on to the Internet at the end of 2010, according to the China Internet Network Information Center.
President Hu Jintao on Thursday will try to persuade often hostile U.S. lawmakers that China is a threat-free engine of growth, after a White House summit sought to narrow rifts between the world's top two economies.
The Supreme Court of India has adjourned until the second week of February a hearing on a petition seeking to lift a ban on iron ore exports from Karnataka, a court order showed on Thursday.
Global aircraft manufacturers, Boeing received final approval on Wednesday from the Chinese Government confirming a $19 billion aircraft agreement.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it has allowed banks to restructure loans given to micro finance institutions (MFIs), even if they are not secured.
Loughner, 22, is accused of opening fire on Giffords and a crowd of bystanders outside a grocery store on January 8, killing six people, including a federal judge, and wounding 13 others. He is expected to face additional federal and state charges.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams charged Doctor Kermit Gosnell with first degree murder in the killing of seven viable babies born alive, among numerous other charges made on Wednesday.
China finished 2010 with a bang, its growth soaring past expectations while inflation slowed just a touch, numbers that could prod the government to ratchet up its easy-does-it approach to tightening.
President Barack Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao to let the value of China's yuan currency rise and delivered a strong message on U.S. concerns over Beijing's human rights record at a summit on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama pressed Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday to let the value of China's currency rise and delivered a stern message on U.S. concerns over Beijing's human rights record.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, asked a second time about human rights at a Washington news conference, said a lot still needs to be done in China on rights while insisting enormous progress has been made.
