Police in France say a woman has admitted to suffocating eight newborn...

Russia's special forces have managed to prevent a hijacker from taking complete control of a plane carrying 105...

The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military...

Police in riot gear stared down protesters in a tense stand-off in Pheonix, Arizona on...

Another US serviceman has been found dead in a remote area of...

Indonesian police have been involved in a confrontation with people who were attacking a mosque used by a minority Islamic...

The US polling group, Pew Research Centre, has done a survey in Pakistan to determine how Pakistanis view the Taliban and other terrorist...

The British government has refused to consider returning the jewel in the British monarch's...

The Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has defended the placement of tens of thousands of classified US military files on his...

Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the...

Heavy smog has been covering Russia's capital due to forest fires which have been raging for three...

Kazuo Shinozawa, 59, and Hidenori Ogata, 33, faced the hangman's noose after being convicted of multiple...

Kosovo's foreign minister, Skender Hyseni, has predicted that the territory will soon be recognized as an independent state by many more countries following an international court's ruling that said...

Russia's Emergencies Ministry have said that five people died and hundreds lost their homes as a wave of forest fires spread through central Russia amid an ongoing heatwave.The ministry's branch in...

Written by RFE/RL editors and correspondents, Transmission serves up news, comment, and the odd silly dictator story. While our primary concern is with foreign policy, Transmission is also a place...

Accused Russian smuggler Anna Fermanova went on a covert mission yesterday — to her mailbox.Fermanova, who federal agents say tried to sneak night-vision gear into Russia, ducked out of the...

You're grounded, paparazzi! Federal officials have thrown up a no-fly zone around Chelsea Clinton's wedding in Dutchess County tomorrow. No aircraft flying below 2,000 feet will be allowed within a...

The court-appointed trustee hunting down Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's hidden assets filed a series of suits last night seeking more than $30 million allegedly funneled to firms controlled by the...

Unlike casino mogul Steve Wynn, Donald Trump supports new legislation that would legalize online gambling in the US, saying the Big Apple and other cities need the tax dollars. "Why lose all those...

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged billionaire Samuel Wyly and his brother Charles yesterday with fraud for reaping more than $550 million of illicit gains by trading stock in four...

A Grad missile launched from the Gaza Strip landed in a central, residential area in the southern city of Ashkelon Friday morning.Magen David Adom crews treated two people for shock.The missile...

MEXICO CITY: The United States has closed indefinitely its consulate in the violence-hit Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez while it carries out a "security review," officials said Friday. "The US...

COLOMBO - A dozen men armed with assault rifles and petrol bombs attacked the offices Friday of a media company whose owners had strongly supported the opposition in the last presidential election. ...

Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand (AIANZ) has welcomed today's decision by the Suva High Court to throw out all charges against Fijian lawyer Imrana Jalal. In January Ms Jalal, a prominent...

(CNN) -- An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos and other documents, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico,...

United Nations (CNN) -- A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran's U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one...

A dead adult female humpback whale is pictured pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises liner. (Reuters) ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises...

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel seen in this projected image by the Mexican Army. (Reuters) GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Thursday, the first major triumph...

It is the first visit to the country by Mr Assad since 2005, when Syria was forced to withdraw its troops after the killing of Prime Minister Rafik...

Andy Murray survived a second-set wobble to beat Tim Smyczek 6-1 4-6 6-2 and book his place in the Farmers Classic quarter-finals in Los Angeles.In his first event since Wimbledon, the top seed...

Victim's remains taken to Dublin Human remains found during a search for one of the disappeared in County Monaghan are taken to Dublin for post mortem...

Families of those killed made similar calls last month following the release of the Bloody Sunday report into the deaths of 13 people who were killed by Parachute Regiment soldiers in Londonderry six...

The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan have paid a new tribute to him ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and...

The consulate also closed for several days in March after three people - a US employee, her husband and the husband of another staff member - were murdered by gunmen linked to the drugs...

Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the...

PEOPLE-smugglers in Indonesia could face up to 15 years' jail under draft laws set to be debated by parliament as early as next...

Washington - The unprecedented leak of secret United States military reports this week about the war in Afghanistan could have severe consequences for American troops and their allies, and could cost...

By Joseph Guyler Delva Port-au-Prince - Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean said on Thursday that he has taken legal steps toward running for president in earthquake-devastated Haiti, but has...

By Gilbert Grellet Madrid - Top Spanish bullfighting entrepreneurs vowed on Thursday to take Catalonia's parliament to court to try to reverse its decision to ban the bloodsport and stop other...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses was sated by imports and consumer spending tapered off, a government report is...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on...

It is time for the United States to stop trading with China and ban Americans from traveling there. Why? Look at the U.S. Department of State's most recent annual report on human rights around the...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Mexico's most violent drug war city Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, to evaluate security...

(CBS/AP) The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people...

Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been...

ISLAMABAD — Anguished relatives sought the remains of loved ones killed in Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, some grieving at a hospital collecting bodies Thursday and others joining the...

A preliminary version of the closely guarded report on the city's controversial DROP retirement perk found that the program comes at a "substantial" cost to the city's beleaguered pension...

PHOENIX - A federal judge stepped into the fight over Arizona's immigration law at the last minute Wednesday, blocking the heart of the measure and defusing a confrontation between police and...

Bush administration 's strictest national security policies, including indefinite detention, military commissions and a "targeted kill" program that authorizes the government to take out suspected...

News ) and two of its executives for misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgage-related assets. Citigroup has agreed to pay a $75 million penalty to settle the charges.Additionally,...