A magnitude-4.7 earthquake rattled the quake-weary New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday. There are no initial reports of serious injuries or damage.

Yemen's defense ministry says the death toll in a suicide bombing at a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa has risen to 60. Another report, from

Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border.

A parakeet that had become separated from its owner told police where it lived, BBC News is reporting.

In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and the loss of trust from Muslims he wished to incite

One year since U.S. commandos flew into this Pakistani army town and killed Osama bin Laden, Islamabad has failed to answer tough questions over whether its

Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch is not a "fit and proper person" to run a major international company, British lawmakers investigating phone hacking at his

British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, UK authorities said Wednesday. A new image showing

A Ukrainian woman sporting the plastic looks of a Barbie doll is under scrutiny about whether her appearance is real or not.

Italian officials say they have identified the bodies of an American couple and two German nationals who perished when the Costa Concordia cruise ship

Pippa Middleton may be in a royal mess after photographers caught her in a vehicle next to a gunman when she was visiting Paris over the weekend.

Defying warnings from the international community, North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Friday, but it broke apart before escaping the earth's

A mother in Argentina says she fell to her knees in shock after finding her baby alive in a coffin in the morgue 12 hours after the girl was declared dead.

A massive 8.6 earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean.

A new psychiatric examination has found that confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is not criminally insane.