BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state TV says the toll from a mortar attack on an election campaign tent packed with supporters of President Bashar Assad is 39 people killed and 205 wounded. The TV showed pictures of Assad supporters in a tent in the southern city ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Tuareg separatist groups in Mali on Friday accepted a ceasefire agreement with the government following clashes this week that threatened to plunged the country back into war. The agreement was reached following a meeting between ...

President Vladimir Putin and top officials have pledged to keep the costs of borrowing down by raising the capitalization of major Russian banks using debt-equity swaps and, possibly, federal budget funds. "The capitalization of systemically significant ...

Kim Kardashian was testing out her wedding colours on Friday a she stepped out for dinner in a white tuxedo jacket dress. However there was nothing virginal about this bride as she showcased her cleavage by strategically positioning the lapels of her jacket ...

(NEW YORK) — If you've ever wanted to wish upon a shooting star, you'll have plenty of chances late Friday night and into early Saturday morning. A meteor shower dubbed the May Camelopardalid may put on a never-before-seen spectacle that has the ...

Gareth Edwards knows his way around a monster, but he's now going to enter a new galaxy. The "Godzilla" helmer has been announced as the director of the forthcoming untitled "Star Wars" spinoff movie, which will be separate from the new trilogy that's ...

Speaking at a Friday news conference, Klissmann said other forwards in the player pool had surpassed Donovan in the months leading up to this pre-tournament training camp. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Friday, May 23, 2014, 1:28 PM. A; A; A. Share this ...

LISBON, Portugal — Iker Casillas is on the verge of turning one of the most trying seasons of his Real Madrid career into one of the most successful. More News. Read more International Soccer. The Madrid goalkeeper lost his starting position under former ...

Google is reportedly working on a tablet with two back cameras, infrared depth sensors and advanced software that will allow it to capture 3-D images of objects. Google is reportedly working on a tablet with two back cameras, infrared depth sensors and ...

LUIS SUAREZ still has England in his World Cup sights despite a scare over his fitness after he underwent knee surgery. By: Paul Joyce. Published: Fri, May 23, 2014. Luis Suarez x Luis Suarez was in pain for long periods of Liverpool's end-of-season game ...

One of China's richest men has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of "organising and leading mafia-style crime and murder” across the country. Liu Han who heads the mining conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group was said to have been the ...

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia has prepared a classified document setting out actions it would take if Western nations impose further sanctions on Moscow over its involvement in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin's top economic aide said on Friday.

China's Xinjiang region has started a “one-year crackdown” on “violent terrorist activities,” the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, providing no further details. The troubled Xinjiang region in western China, home to a large Muslim Uihgur minority, ...

A Chinese court has found a former mining tycoon guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. The Xianning Intermediate People's Court in central Hubei province announced on Friday that Liu Han and his younger brother Liu Wei were guilty of organizing ...

Thank you for coming to this media briefing on the eve of the 2014 Presidential Inauguration which will take place in the Nelson Mandela Amphitheatre at the Union Buildings, Pretoria, tomorrow, Saturday May 24. As South Africans, we can all take pride in ...

Soon after 31 people were killed in a bloody assault on a street market in Urumqi, millions across China studied how to avoid similar attacks. An online manual entitled "How to survive a terrorist threat" was released hours after the Xinjiang incident.

Ebay has denied that details pasted on anonymous text site Pastebin that purportedly came from a stolen database were genuine. A spokesperson told the Guardian that, "the published lists we have checked so far are not authentic eBay accounts".

Mark Kingwell is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and author, most recently, of the essay collection Unruly Voices. Last weekend, I joined a number of North American and European writers and academics who travelled to Kiev to spend four ...