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Protesters out again in Brazilian cities
Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services ...
'Nightline' anchor Moran heading to London for ABC
ABC News "Nightline" anchor Terry Moran is getting a new posting as the network's London-based chief foreign correspondent. Moran will head overseas ...
Turkish official approves 'standing man' protest
Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a nod of approval on Wednesday to a new form of peaceful resistance that is spreading through Turkey.
Iceland: 'informal talks' about Snowden asylum
A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker ...
Greece's public TV still off despite court ruling
State TV channels in Greece remained off-air Tuesday as the political storm over the future of public broadcaster ERT raged on, despite a court ruling ...
Saatchi admits assault on wife Nigella Lawson
Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the ...
UK report: Saatchi cautioned over assault on wife
Art collector Charles Saatchi has been cautioned over a dramatic assault on his TV presenter wife Nigella Lawson captured by a tabloid photographer ...
Greek coalition avoids collapse over TV shutdown
The Greek government has avoided collapsing over a dispute stemming from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' move to close the state-owned television ...
Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible
A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said.
Morris the cat runs for mayor of Mexican city
This mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes. Morris, a black-and-white ...
Bulgaria media mogul elected security chief
The Bulgarian parliament's quick appointment of a legislator and media mogul to head the country's security service sparked massive protests Friday ...
Game 1 of Stanley Cup most-watched since '97
Chicago's 4-3 triple-overtime win over Boston attracted the most TV viewers for an opening game of the Stanley Cup finals in 16 years. NBC's broadcast ...
Satellite boost for Greece's public TV holdouts
Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general ...
Israel military faces new Facebook fiasco
The Israeli military is looking more and more like "Girls Gone Wild." A new video has surfaced on YouTube showing a group of female soldiers dancing ...
Greek gov't in deep crisis over state broadcaster
Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster. That left the ...
State broadcaster's end a blow to Greek identity
When Nazi troops marched into Greece's nearly deserted capital on April 27, 1941, radio announcer Costas Stavropoulos of the Hellenic Broadcasting ...
NSA leaker Snowden in hiding in Hong Kong
The former CIA employee who suddenly burst into headlines around the globe by revealing himself as the source of top-secret leaks about U.S.
Facebook starts first servers outside the US
Facebook on Wednesday started processing data through its first server farm outside the United States, on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden.
Greek state TV, radio broadcasts go off the air
Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run ...
Ukraine launches publically funded online TV
Leading Ukrainian journalists have announced the launching of a new online television channel that will be independent of government and business ...
Journalist: Snowden fled US fearing unfair trial
The American intelligence contractor who disclosed U.S. government surveillance programs fled to Hong Kong because he believed he wouldn't get a fair ...
Reports: 11-year term for Kuwait woman over tweets
Kuwait opposition groups say a woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after convictions that include insulting the Gulf nation's ruler and ...