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Russia's Putin calls US trade bill 'unfriendly'
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lambasted a U.S. bill imposing sanctions on Russian officials accused of human rights violations, saying ...
Belgian teen gets wish to be US soldier
A 16-year-old Belgian boy with cancer listened to his grandfather tell stories about American troops liberating the country during World War II.
Walter Sullivan, former Richmond bishop, dies
Former Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, a progressive leader in the U.S. Roman Catholic church and the longest-serving head of the Richmond diocese, died ...
Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country on Friday marked the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed ...
S&P cuts Greece to 'selective default'
Standard & Poor's has lowered Greece's credit rating to "selective default" in light of its offer to buy back bonds at well below their face value.
Reports: Delta in talks for Virgin Atlantic stake
Delta Air Lines Inc. is mulling the purchased of a 49 percent stake in British airline Virgin Atlantic Airways from Singapore Airlines Ltd., according ...
John Paul's artifacts, memorabilia to come to US
Promoters of a traveling exhibit of artifacts and memorabilia belonging to Pope John Paul II unveiled two items from the pontiff's life Thursday that ...
Georgia launches new probe into ex-premier's death
Prosecutors in Georgia say they have launched a new probe into the 2005 death of an influential prime minister. Zurab Zhvania, who helped lead ...
Georgia's new premier raises pressure on president
Georgia's new prime minister said Thursday he would move quickly to expand the Cabinet's powers, a change that would take away even more influence ...
Retired British pilot killed in US plane crash
A man killed in a small plane crash east of Denver Wednesday has been identified as a retired British Royal Air Force pilot. The Denver Post reports ...
List of Rhodes Scholars
A list of the 32 American students who were named Sunday as Rhodes Scholars, according to the Rhodes Trust: Margaret C. Hayden, Brunswick, Maine ...
Nobel winners salute GI charged in WikiLeaks case
Three Nobel Peace Prize winners say a U.S. Army private being court-martialed for allegedly sending classified information to the secret-busting ...
Thompson starts as NY Times CEO amid BBC scandal
New York Times Co. CEO Mark Thompson started his job Monday amid a widening scandal at his former employer, the BBC. When the Times hired him in ...
Glance: A look at the EU's member countries
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 member countries with its headquarters based in Brussels. Out of those 27 EU countries, ...
Changing times: Politicians' tears more common now
It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his ...
James Patterson to help global free book effort
Best-selling authors James Patterson and Ann Patchett are leading the U.S. effort for World Book Night. It's an international project in which ...
New Georgian PM to president: "Out of your palace"
Georgia's recently elected billionaire prime minister has urged his political rival, President Mikhail Saakashvili, to leave his luxurious palace to ...
Boeing to sell 35 new 737 airplanes to Russia
Boeing is selling 35 of its redesigned 737 aircraft to a Russian state-run leasing company in a deal that would be worth $3 billion, if sold at ...
Iconic Scarlett O'Hara dresses restored, displayed
It turns out there will be another day for Scarlett O'Hara's green curtain dress. Many of them. The iconic dress and Scarlett's burgundy ball gown ...
Azerbaijan, Gaza, Ethiopia women win media awards
A columnist imprisoned under Ethiopia's controversial anti-terrorism laws, an Azerbaijani investigative radio reporter who had surveillance cameras ...
Georgian football star to become energy minister
Georgia's most famous football star, who played in Italy for the past dozen years, was nominated Tuesday to become the energy minister in the new ...
NY jail sees terror suspect's fake arms as weapons
Every night, while an Egyptian Islamic preacher awaits trial on terrorism charges, jailers confiscate items he carries with him during the day that ...
Europe's history soaked in blood of repeated wars
The European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its contribution to keeping the peace on a continent ravaged by war. Here is a ...
Praise and shock: EU Nobel Peace Prize reactions
Some reaction to the European Union being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday: ___ "The stabilizing part played by the European Union has helped ...
A glance at the Nobel Peace Prize
WHO WON? The 27-nation European Union. FOR WHAT? The EU received the award for what the Norwegian prize committee said were six decades of ...