The United States military said Friday that an explosion had rocked Camp Phoenix, the large American installation near the main airport on the outskirts of Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Communist guerrillas raided and torched a logging company in the southern Philippines and killed at least 12 people in a shootout with security forces, officials said on Friday.
Don Ed Hardy, the famed tattoo artist, and his backers battle constantly with counterfeiters who create fake Web sites to peddle knock-offs of his gear.
People in the Jurm Valley have taken charge for themselves, using village councils and direct grants as part of an initiative called the National Solidarity Program.
The disclosure that the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has expressed opposition to deploying more troops lays bare a fierce debate within the Obama administration.
Emergency supplies of antiviral drugs are being sent to Eastern Europe and Central Asia, where hospitals report that they are being overwhelmed by patients with swine flu.
Tens of thousands of well-wishers lined the streets of Tokyo for a parade on the 20th anniversary of the coronation of Emperor Akihito, 75, who urged the Japanese not to forget the lessons of World War II.
German courts allow the suppression of a criminal’s name in news accounts once he has paid his debt to society, a provision that is now pitted against the American First Amendment.
Gen. Sarath Fonseka, who led the government’s final push to victory in the nation’s civil war, has been seen as a possible challenger for the presidency.
Verizon's cellphones are designed in such a way that you can almost never avoid getting $1.99 charge on the bill for its mobile Web services, even if you immediately cancel the action.
A glass and marble palace in Manhattan is the latest in Apple's retail chain that makes nearly as much per store as Macy's does from locations 30 times larger.
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