May 12, 2008 Chengdu, China - Several aftershocks are being reported after a power earthquake earlier in the day. Chinese News Agencies estimate over 8,600 people have died in the 7.8 magnitude quake that rocked centr... Read More

May 12, 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon - Heavy fighting has broken out again in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli between opposition gunmen and government supporters. Overnight, at least 13 people were killed as Hezbollah ... Read More

May 12, 2008 Gaza, Palestine - Palestinian officials said that they have switched off all three turbines generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of Gazans. During a news conference in Gaza, an Energy Authorit... Read More

May 12, 2008 Islamabad, Pakistan - The fate of the Supreme Court Judges ousted by Pakistani President Pervez Muscharraf remains up in the air. The leader of the Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz Sharif is back home after a... Read More

May 12, 2008 Picher, Oklahoma - Powerful storms killed 22 people in three states over the weekend. At least 15 people died in Missouri, six in Oklahoma, and one in Georgia. Several people were also injured. Officials... Read More

May 9, 2008 Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's long-simmering political crisis is lurching even deeper into violent civil conflict, as rival bands of Shi'aa and Sunni gunmen battle in the streets for a third day. Politicians... Read More

May 9, 2008 Yangyon, Myanmar - Burma's ruling military junta has seized the only two U.N. aid shipments to make it into the devastated country, aid which would have fed 95,000 people. The U.N. has now halted aid fligh... Read More

May 9, 2008 Jerusalem, Israel - The leader of Israel has been under increased scrutiny over allegations of corruption, now Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is staunchly denying any wrong doings. Olmer says he has not taken b... Read More

May 8, 2008 Yangon- More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone. Wi... Read More

May 8, 2008 Rehovot/Gaza- Like the state of Israel, Akram al-Shamali and Moshe Feist both turn 60 this year. But that's about where the similarities end.For Feist, an Israeli, the anniversary is a chance to celebrate t... Read More

May 8, 2008 Buffalo- The first member of the so-called "Lackawanna Six" to plead guilty to attending an al-Qaida training camp has been moved from prison to a halfway house in Detroit.Faysal Galab, 32, was transferred ... Read More

May 7, 2008 Jerusalem, Israel - Israel is marking its 60th anniversary this week. It declared statehood in 1948 after Britain ended 31 years of U.N. mandated rule over Palestine, following years of sustained Jewish mil... Read More

May 7, 2008 Raleigh, North Carolina - Barack Obama has scored a clear win in the North Carolina primary, while Hillary Clinton has narrowly won the Indiana contest. The results are highlighting are highlighting an incr... Read More

May 6, 2008 Cairo, Egypt - Egypt's Parliament has voted in favor of a price hike on gasoline and diesel. The decision by the Egyptian ruling party for the price hike, and for an increase in taxes, comes just days after... Read More

May 6, 2008 Vatican City, Italy - Pope Bendict XVI met with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who made controversial remarks regarding the role of Sharia law in the U.K. The meeting centered around Christian-Muslim relatio... Read More

May 6, 2008 Jerusalem, Israel - Leaders from both sides are making yet another effort to find a lasting solution to the conflict. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert me... Read More

Los Angeles- Employees from US military contractors helped torture Iraqi civilians detained at Abu Ghraib prison five years ago, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Monday. Lawyers for Emad Al-Janabi... Read More

May 5, 2008 Jerusalem, Israel - The U.S. still believes a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians is possible by the year's end. That's according to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. But during a visit to th... Read More

May 5, 2008 New Delhi, India - Victims of a crippling gas leak that happened more nearly 25 years ago are speaking out. Hundreds demonstrated outside the Indian Prime Minister’s residence. Many had walked nearly 500... Read More

May 5, 2008 Tehran, Iran - And in another sign of increasing hostilities between the U.S. and Iran; the Islamic Republic says it will no longer use the U.S. dollar in oil trading. Iranian oil ministry officials are ca... Read More

May 5, 2008 Yangon- The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry office said. Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian ... Read More

May 2, 2008 London, U.K. - The Middle East Peace Quartet met to discuss a variety of issues ranging from peace in the Middle East and the economy. During the meeting, the Quartete called on Israel to freeze continuing ... Read More

May 2, 2008 Kabul, Afghanistan - The food crisis may be hitting the U.S. pretty hard, but it is worse across the globe, including in Afghanistan. A United Nations official says Afghans are struggling to meet basic foo... Read More

May 2, 2008 Balad Ruz, Iraq - A double suicide bombing in Iraq has left at least 36 people dead. The U.S. military is blaming Al-Qaeda for the attack on a wedding procession. 36 were killed and another 64 injured afte... Read More

May 1, 2008 London, U.K. - A major change is about to take place at prisons and holding facilities in the U.K. Female prison officers will no longer be present when male inmates are strip-searched. The change comes af... Read More

May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C. - In its annual terrorism report released on Wednesday, the Bush administration said al-Qaida has rebuilt some of its pre-September 11th capabilities from remote hiding places in Pakistan. ... Read More

May 1, 2008 Vatican City, Italy - Pope Benedict the sixteenth is speaking out again about clergy sex abuse in America. Reviewing his recent trip to the U.S. today, the Pontiff said he wants to help heal the wound... Read More

May 1, 2008 Jerusalem, Israel - There was a silent display making a statement loud and clear in Jerusalem. Sirens pierced the air in a mournful two-minute wail in tribute to the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. ... Read More

May 1, 2008 Qatar - The Emir of Qatar, arrived in Havana on Wednesday at the invitation of Cuban President Raul Castro. The visit came after a successful fourth session of the Cuba-Qatar Intergovernmental Joint Commiss... Read More

April 30, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq - U.S. Military fire in Baghdad's Sadr City hit an unintended target.  One of the rockets hit a girls' school, killing two civilians and injuring 16 others, according to health official... Read More

April 30, 2008 Cairo, Egypt - A dozen small Palestinian factions agreed in principle to a six month cease-fire with Israel. But expressed reservations about the details of a deal being brokered by Egypt. Twelve groups... Read More

April 30, 2008 Kandahar, Afghanistan - British Prince William flew into Afghanistan to visit the troops.  The Prince piloted his own plane for most of the 30 hour flight to Kandahar from Londn. He had just earned ... Read More

April 30, 2008 Ankara, Turkey - Members of Turkey's parliament approved a government backed proposal to soften a law restricting free speech. The law had been used to prosecute intellectuals. Critics are calling the l... Read More

April 29, 2008 Suffolk, Virginia - Virginia faces a massive cleanup project today after at least three tornadoes damaged dozens of homes, and injured more than 200 people. The injured were mostly from Suffolk, Virgini... Read More

April 29, 2008 Washington, D.C. - A new poll adds support to Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's claim that she will do better against Republican John McCain, than her fellow Democratic presidential runner... Read More

April 29, 2008 Washington, D.C. - Senator Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, touched of another firestorm of controversy. Speaking before the National Press Club, Rev. Wright responded to criticism... Read More

April 29, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq’s former deputy prime Minister Tariq Aziz is facing judges over the deaths of a group of Iraqi businessmen in 1992. Aziz, along with seven other former members of Saddam Hussein's r... Read More

April 29, 2008 London, U.K. - The British Prime Minister is asking business leaders today to think twice when it comes to Iraq. Gordon Brown is urging more international companies and industries to invest in Iraq- par... Read More

April 29, 2008 London, U.K. - Muslim voters have emerged as a key battleground in London's mayoral elections this week. The vote on Thursday pitches a veteran left-winger from the Labor party, Ken Livingstone, the incu... Read More

April 29. 2008 Manila, Philippines - The government of the Philippines announced a ban today on kidney transplants involved foreigners. It’s in an effort to stamp out the murky organ trade, which preys on some of the ... Read More

April 29, 2008 New York City, NY - Efforts are underway by The United Nations to establish a task force to tackle the global food crisis. The organization’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that it would avert "wides... Read More

April 28, 2008 Ankar, Turkey - Amnesty International claims that up to half of Turkish women are victims of domestic violence. A representative of the human rights organization in Istanbul says that "thousands of wome... Read More

April 28, 2008 Morocco - Morocco has recently started recruiting and training female Muslim cleric. Their role is to help usher in a more moderate Islam, according to a report published in the media today. The Dar al-... Read More

April 28, 2008 Detroit, MI - Barack Obama's former pastor is back in the news after saying he is being descriptive not divisive when he speaks about racial injustices. Speaking in front of 10,000 people at an N.A.A.C.P... Read More

April 28, 2008 Baghdad, Iraq - An audit of U.S. funded reconstruction projects for Iraq finds millions of dollars have been wasted, because many schemes have never been completed. The Special Inspector General for Ira... Read More

April 28, 2008 Kabul, Afghanistan - Hundreds of suspects are in custody in Kabul, following the failed assasination attempt on President Hamid Karzai. Three people were killed and about 10 injured in an attack on a mil... Read More

April 25, 2008 Washington, D.C. - The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog says it will investigate U.S. claims that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korean help. But senior intelligence officials later said ... Read More

Washington, D.C. - A pentagon audit shows that Iraq's government is still paying thousands of injured or absent policemen and soldiers. It’s apparently a way to compensate or care for their families. The reports have... Read More

April 25, 2008 New York- Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of an unarmed groom-to-be on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving all... Read More

April 25, 2008 New York- NYPD officers armed with submachine guns and a bomb-sniffing dog named Clipper will now patrol the city subways, part of a stepped-up counter-terrorism effort in high profile areas. The special... Read More