The 22-year-old Islamic extremist, who admitting killing two U.S. airmen at Frankfurt airport in March 2011, was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million

Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. So far,

Iran's parliament has summoned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a long list of accusations, including allegations that he mismanaged the

The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria.

A strong earthquake in the central Philippines killed at least 13 people Monday as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides that buried dozens of

Two security officials say gunmen have kidnapped two Americans and their Egyptian tour guide after stopping a minivan carrying the group near St. Catherine's

Italian emergency officials say they are calling off a search for 16 missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, due to the danger

The cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said Sunday. 17 are confirmed dead and 16 others remain listed

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck on the coast of central Peru.
 

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is ready for nuclear talks with the world powers amid toughening sanctions aimed at forcing Tehran to sharply scale

The former top executive of a French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide was arrested early

U.S. military forces helicoptered into Somalia in a nighttime raid Wednesday and freed two hostages, an American and a Dane, while killing nine pirates,

A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines.

The search for the 21 people still unaccounted for in the disaster ground to a halt after the cruise liner shifted again on its rocky perch off the Tuscan