Lebanese officials said Saturday the death toll from a devastating twin car bombing outside two mosques in the northern city of Tripoli on Friday has risen to 47.

The high-profile trial of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai continued for the third day Saturday as prosecutors presented more evidence to prove charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power against him.

The US government’s efforts to determine which highly classified materials leaker Edward Snowden took from the National Security Agency (NSA) have been frustrated by Snowden’s sophisticated efforts to cover his digital trail by deleting or bypassing electronic logs, government officials said. Such logs would have showed what information Snowden viewed or downloaded.

A giant wildfire raging out of control spread into Yosemite National Park as authorities urged more evacuations in nearby communities where thousands fled during the week as flames marched through the timbered slopes of the western Sierra Nevada.

A young child was among the 30 people killed Friday when a fight broke out between rival gangs at an overpopulated prison in eastern Bolivia, interior minister Carlos Romero said.

US President Barack Obama met with his top national security advisors early Saturday to discuss the response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons, a White House official said.

London: One of the world's leading dictionaries of the English language - Macmillan - has revised the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
Macmillandictionary.com has become the first

Beirut/Amman: Syria's opposition accused President Bashar al-Ass­ad's forces of gas­sing hundreds of people – by one report as many as 1,300 – on Wednesday in what would, if confirmed, be the world’s

A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine Wednesday while traveling downhill near a Malaysian highland resort, killing 33 people, an official said.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A Pakistani court Tuesday indicted former president and army chief Pervez Musharraf on murder charges in connection with the 2007 assassination of iconic Pakistani Prime Ministe