Select a Category:

Most Viewed World News

  1. In this Aug. 23, 2008 file photo, an Afghan woman shouts anti-U.S. slogans in front of her destroyed home in Azizabad, the village in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan. Disillusionment is widespread in Afghanistan, feeding an insurgency that has killed 195 foreign soldiers so far this year, 105 of them Americans. Afghans are deeply bitter about American and NATO forces because of errant bombs, heavy-handed searches and seizures and a sense that the foreigners do not understand their culture. (AP Photo/Fraidoon Pooyaa, File)
    AP IMPACT: Afghans fed up with government, US AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:10 PM ET

    GHANI KHIEL, Afghanistan - The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his words are harsh. Mohammed makes it clear that the tribal chiefs have lost all faith in both their own government and the foreign soldiers in their country.

  2. Woman locked in cabin in Sweden for nine years Reuters - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A 58-year-old man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported.

  3. The flagship of the U.S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, the USS Mount Whitney, is seen in the Georgian port of Poti, with more aid for Georgia, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
    US flagship reaches Georgian port held by Russia AP - Fri Sep 5, 2:59 PM ET

    POTI, Georgia - The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored Friday outside this key Georgian port, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S. ally in a slap at Moscow.

  4. Asif Zardari, back, widower of Pakistan's slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto who is running for Pakistan's presidentship, prays with his foe and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Feb 27, 2008 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The favorite to become Pakistan's next president is a polo-loving aristocrat and political rookie who was catapulted into an unlikely position of power by his marriage to Benazir Bhutto.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
    Pakistan's Zardari marked by corruption, tragedy AP - Fri Sep 5, 2:22 PM ET

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The likely next president of unstable, nuclear-armed Pakistan following Saturday's election is a horse-loving aristocrat who has spent more years in prison than in politics — a novice leader lifted to prominence by his marriage to Benazir Bhutto and propelled into power by her murder.

  5. This image provided by NASA from the Terra satellite shows Hurricane Ike off the Lesser Antilles as it approaches the Bahamas Thursday Sept. 4, 2008 at 10:40 a.m. EDT. 'Ike looks like it's a very, very dangerous storm,' said FEMA Administrator David Paulison. FEMA's head of disaster operations, Glenn Cannon, said Ike looks like Hurricane Andrew did in 1992 before it killed 23 people and did $26.5 billion in damage in Florida. (AP Photo/NASA)
    Hanna heading toward US after blowing past Bahamas AP - Fri Sep 5, 2:52 AM ET

    NASSAU, Bahamas - Tropical Storm Hanna was accelerating early Friday as it made its way toward the United States' southeast coast.

  6. Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's Prime Minister, arrives at a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the 2003 assassination of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, a leading opponent of Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq, in this Saturday, July 5, 2008 file photo. The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report is true. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, file)
    Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:56 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.

  7. A man unloads bottles of water donated by Word Food Program in Gonaives, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. A ship carrying 33 tons of U.N. relief supplies managed to dock Friday, the first significant aid delivery after four days without food or water for thousands of survivors from Tropical Storm Hanna. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
    First aid ship arrives in flooded Haitian city AP - Fri Sep 5, 7:35 PM ET

    GONAIVES, Haiti - U.N. peacekeeping troops began handing out food and water to famished Haitians on Friday after the first shipload of aid sailed into a crumbling port on the outskirts of this flooded city, where tens of thousands are stranded in the wake of Tropical Storm Hanna.

  8. Supporters of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burn items depicting the U.S. flag as they demonstrate against the U.S.-Iraqi security agreement in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
    Lingering tensions slow Iraqi withdrawal plans AP - Fri Sep 5, 2:34 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear behind the U.S. military's recommendation to put the brakes on withdrawing more American troops from Iraq despite improvements in security.

  9. An aerial view of floods caused by Tropical Storm Hanna is seen in Gonaives in this September 3, 2008 file photo. Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives (Marco Dormino/Minustah/Handout/Reuters)
    Nearly 500 dead in flooded Haitian town: police Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 9:18 PM ET

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's police commissioner said on Friday.

  10. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen in July. Blair is the only senior figure from the Labour Party who could revive its fortunes, according to a poll released Saturday.(AFP/File/John Thys)
    Blair return would boost Labour Party: poll AFP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Tony Blair is the only senior figure from the Labour Party who could revive its fortunes, according to a poll released Saturday.

  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks during news conference at the end of the Damascus Summit September 4, 2008. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
    Sarkozy warns Iran it risks Israeli attack Reuters - Thu Sep 4, 2:55 PM ET

    DAMASCUS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Iran on Thursday it was taking a dangerous gamble in seeking to develop nuclear weapons because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.

  12. A sign for the Maple Leaf food processing plant is seen in Toronto in this August 21, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
    Maple Leaf identifies likely source of listeria Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 10:32 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Maple Leaf Foods said on Friday that two meat-slicing machines at its now-closed Toronto plant were the likely source of listeria contamination that has been linked to 19 deaths.

  13. A woman shouts slogans supporting Bolivia's President Evo Morales as she attends a ceremony to honor Aymara leader Bartolina Sisa in La Paz, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. Bartolina Sisa and her husband Tupac Katari led an indigenous uprising against the Spanish domination in Bolivia which laid siege to the city of La Paz in 1781. Their army maintained the siege for 184 days. Sisa was captured and executed by the Spanish on September 5, 1782. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri)
    Protesters paralyze Bolivian highways, airport AP - Fri Sep 5, 10:05 PM ET

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - Protesters stormed a small airport Friday and blocked major highways across eastern Bolivia in a standoff over central government reforms designed to empower Bolivia's indigenous majority.

  14. Asian elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction AP - Thu Sep 4, 1:58 PM ET

    BEIJING - An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Chinese state media said Thursday.

  15. Chinese riot police arrive outside the "Bird's Nest" stadium in Beijing. China has dispatched large numbers of soldiers and armed riot police to quell two major protests,in the latest public discontent to rock the communist nation.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)
    Riot police quell two separate large protests in China AFP - Fri Sep 5, 8:07 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - China dispatched large numbers of soldiers and armed riot police to quell two major protests, officials and a rights group said Friday, in the latest public discontent to rock the communist nation.

  16. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gestures as he leaves Lilavati hospital in Mumbai September 1, 2008. (Punit Paranjpe/Reuters)
    Dalai Lama's brother dies in U.S Reuters - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

    BEIJING (Reuters) - Taktser Rinpoche, the pro-independence eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, has died in his U.S. home, a family member and a Tibet advocacy group said on Saturday. He was 86.

  17. Lawyer, academic, women's activist and grandmother Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's governor general Friday, the first woman to act as the British queen's representative Down Under.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Vince Bucci)
    Australia's first female governor general sworn in AFP - Fri Sep 5, 9:41 AM ET

    CANBERRA (AFP) - Lawyer, academic, women's activist and grandmother Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's governor general Friday, the first woman to act as the British queen's representative Down Under.

  18. Job market rebounds ahead of election call Reuters - Fri Sep 5, 3:16 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's job market rebounded slightly in August from heavy job losses in July, easing fears of a sharper than expected economic downturn on the eve of a federal election campaign to be announced this weekend.

  19. Russia is testing West and Crimea could be target AP - Fri Sep 5, 8:34 PM ET

    UNITED NATIONS - A key Czech leader said Friday that a resurgent Russia has begun testing the West and warned that Ukraine's strategic Crimea peninsula could become a target.

  20. Fans of heavy metal band Metallica gesture during the band's concert in Helsinki in 2007. Heavy metal fans and lovers of classical music have more in common than they like to think, according to research published by a university in Edinburgh. Researchers found that both music types attract creative people who are at ease with themselves but can be introverted.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Vesa Moilanen)
    Mozart and Metallica fans kindred spirits: research AFP - Fri Sep 5, 7:15 AM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Heavy metal fans and lovers of classical music have more in common than they like to think, according to research published Friday by a university in Edinburgh.

More Most Popular