A 17-year-old Memphis boy, charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of the principal of the small private school he attended, told police he did not like her and had planned to kill her,

U.S. stocks shot up 4 percent or more on Thursday as investors hungry for bargains overcame the recent wave of fear that has driven selling over the last two weeks.

Thursday's rally marked the second

Thousands of residents of a town in southwest China took to the streets on Thursday, smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, accord

August's dramatic financial shock, which is now both feeding off and risks fueling another economic downturn, may well introduce a third phase of the four-year-old global credit crisis -- the infectio

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to continue tightening policy in coming months until inflation peaks, despite increasing uncertainty over a global economic slowdown and an extended period

Global stocks slumped Wednesday as the appetite for risk evaporated, with worries about Europe’s debt problems coming to the fore in the face of rumors about possible trouble at French banks and continuing fear of another recession.

India's famous batting lineup has flopped for a fifth successive innings as they are struggling to handle the swinging and seaming conditions in England, India coach Duncan Fletcher said on Wednesday.

Hunters, animal rights activists and even her best friend have failed to lure Yvonne the German cow back to the farmyard. Now they're bringing in the bull.

German media have been fascinated by the ta

The government will consider calling in the army in future riots to free up police to deal with troublemakers, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday.

The government will also give the police

A father described on Wednesday how he rushed to aid a dying man hit by a car during riots in the English city of Birmingham only to find it was his 21-year-old son.

"I heard the thud, ran around and