Chile's consul was shot and beaten during an attempted kidnapping by unidentified assailants who released the diplomatic envoy after holding him captive for several hours in Venezuela's capital, Chile

Chile's consul was shot and beaten during an attempted kidnapping by unidentified assailants who released the diplomatic envoy after holding him captive for several hours in Venezuela's capital, Chile

Chile's consul was shot and beaten during an attempted kidnapping by unidentified assailants who released the diplomatic envoy after holding him captive for several hours in Venezuela's capital, Chile

A lone hijacker claiming to have a bomb has hijacked a ferry off the western port city of Izmit with some 20 passengers on board on Saturday, an official said.

Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu, mayor for Izmit

A judge cited the 'huge and brazen' nature of the crime as he imposed a record USD 92 million civil penalty on billionaire hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam snared in the biggest insider trading case eve

Tens of thousands of opposition activists have demonstrated in central Rome for Premier Silvio Berlusconi's ouster.

Democratic Party leader Pierluigi Bersani told the crowd that his party was prepar

Libya's interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and said foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue.

Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril

Mexican authorities say at least 21 people have been killed in three shootouts between soldiers and gunmen and a fight between rival drug gangs.

At least 15 deaths occurred in three gunbattles in th

A high-ranking Tuareg official in Niger has said that Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, is making his way toward the country.

Saif al-Islam, who is wanted by the International Criminal C

British lawmaker Tom Watson grilled News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch about covert surveillance techniques by company employees as News Corp held its first shareholders meeting following a phone-hacking