Dozens of U.S. congressmen condemned Venezuela's expulsion of two human rights monitors in a letter to President Hugo Chavez, ...

A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels ...

Bolivia's plan to purchase five Russian civil defense helicopters is a "first step" in deepening ties between the two countries ...

Administrators at Lehman Brothers' British operations on Tuesday announced 750 job cuts at the bankrupt investment bank.

A Russian billionaire said Tuesday he is teaming up with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to form a new political party ...

A longtime friend of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens crossed the powerful lawmaker Tuesday and testified that he gave the Republican ...

The financial earthquake that started in the USA reverberated throughout the world Tuesday.

Congressional leaders looked anew Tuesday for a path that would lead to House approval of a $700 billion financial rescue package. ...

As hundreds of European Union monitors prepared to deploy in Georgia on Wednesday, Russia said it would not allow them to enter ...

The end of a 10-day ordeal for the tour group came far out in the desolate Sahara, when kidnappers lined up some of the captives ...

Two House Democrats are asking congressional investigators to examine U.S. exports to Iran to see whether approval procedures ...

The Dutch food safety watchdog says it has found slightly elevated levels of the industrial chemical melamine in cookies imported ...

Republican presidential nominee John McCain said in Des Moines that he urged President Bush today to direct the U.S. Treasury ...

Zimbabwe's opposition says its leader met with President Robert Mugabe but failed to agree on sharing Cabinet posts to finalize ...

Six Army brigades, a National Guard unit, and three military headquarters have been ordered to deploy to Iraq next summer in ...