Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan Presiden…

North Carolina's governor, hoping to resume executions in his state, on Wednesday signed the repeal of a law that …

A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognize what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl…

Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it churned toward Mexico on Wednesd…

Courts in China's far western region of Xinjiang have sentenced 19 ethnic Uighurs to up to six years in jail for p…

A U.S. congressman who has been blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's main champion in Washington said people …

The Syrian boys looked edgy and awkward. Three months ago their town, the eastern desert city of Raqqa, had fallen to …

A co-founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday for hacking into comput…

A fresh effort to end Afghanistan's 12-year-old war was in limbo on Thursday after a diplomatic spat about the Tal…

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas just two weeks after …

Lake Powell accident , A Utah man driving a motorboat on Lake Powell was apparently distracted by his young passenge…

A Christian group that once promoted therapy to encourage gays and lesbians to overcome their sexual preferences has c…

France and Spain led a Europe-wide push on Thursday to get U.S. Internet giant Google to change its policies on colle…

Doctors at a Rome hospital battled for 40 minutes to try to save the life of James Gandolfini, best known for his Emmy…

Stocks fell more than 2 percent on Thursday, extending the previous day's sharp decline as investors fretted over …

Traders are nervous as Wall Street waits for the Federal Reserve to reveal its next quantitative easing move. Last wee…

State Street Corp announced on Wednesday that global equities chief Alistair Lowe will leave the company by the end of…

When investing in wine, as opposed to drinking it, experts advise leaving your taste buds at the cellar door but keepi…