U.S. President Barack Obama announces U.S. forces in Pakistan killed al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in a firefight in the city ...

Jobless claims arrived lower than forecasts for the week ending Dec. 21. Claims were 219,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the ...

The head of the World Health Organization, who was at the Sanaa airport in Yemen amid an Israeli bombardment on Thursday, said there was damage to infrastructure but he remained safe.

Tesla shares were rising slightly, continuing a pattern of gains for the electric-vehicle maker. The stock gained 0.8% to ...

The official cause of the crash of a Russia-bound Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan on Wednesday that killed 38 of the 67 people on board is still unknown.

Peru has declared an "environmental emergency" after an oil spill that triggered a clean-up operation on a stretch of northern coastline popular with tourists.

A bus went off the road and ended up partially submerged in the Norwegian lake near the Raftsundet strait, killing three people and injuring four, police said Thursday.

Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa's international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, a day after the latest attacks on Israel by Iran-backed Huthi rebels.

The EU on Thursday threatened further sanctions against Russian vessels after Finland said it was probing an oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port for the "sabotage" of a power cable linking the ...

Veteran middle-order batter Sean Williams was unbeaten on 145 as Zimbabwe posted 363 for four against Afghanistan on the first day of the first Test in Bulawayo on Thursday.

Around 125 people have been killed in three days of violent clashes across Mozambique amid opposition-led protests over the presidential election results, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday ...

South Korea's opposition said Thursday it filed an impeachment motion against acting president Han Duck-soo, in an escalating ...