FBI officials said Monday that they foiled a terrorism attack that was being planned in a small western Minnesota town, but they offered no details about the exact targets of the attack or the motive of the man accused of having a cache of explosives and weapons in ...

Denouncing torture on a Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah in Indian jail, Pakistan summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Foreign Office and lodged strong protest at the attack on Pakistani prisoner, Media reported Saturday. [caption id="attachment_30543" align="alignright" width="289"]...

Fistfights broke out in Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday, injuring a number of legislators during an angry session linked to the South American nation's bitter election dispute. [caption id="attachment_30508" align="alignright" width="320"] Venezuelan Lawmakers[/caption] The opposition said seven of ...

The White House said on Thursday the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad had probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the country's civil war, but insisted that President Barack Obama needed definitive proof before he would take action. [caption id="attachment_30429" align="alignnone" width="553"]...

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China's Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and injuring at least 100 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. [caption id="attachment_30334" align="alignnone" width="448"] Strong ...

Police said Friday they had detained a teenaged suspect in the Boston marathon bombings after a showdown at a house in the suburbs. [caption id="attachment_30325" align="alignright" width="315"] Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect[/caption] "Suspect in ...

Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager. [caption id="attachment_30320" align="alignright" width="281"] Texas Plant Explosion[/caption]...

A Canadian man's message in a bottle honoring his promise to write to a woman named Mary has finally washed ashore 28 years later in Croatia. [caption id="attachment_30316" align="alignright" width="252"] Message in a ...

There have so far been no claims of responsibility for the deadly Boston bombings, and investigators are considering a wide range of suspects, the FBI said Tuesday. [caption id="attachment_30309" align="alignright" width="281"] FBI[/caption] "The range of suspects remains wide open," ...

Two bombs ripped through the crowd at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing three people, causing several amputations and injuring more than 100 in what a White House official said would be handled as an "act of terror." [caption id="attachment_30267" align="alignnone" width="580"]...