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The Iraqi Prime Minister grants Basra's fighters an extension to hand over weapons as Baghdad is placed under curfew

A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his Science project short-circuited and started smoking ...

North Korea test-fired several short-range missiles.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania endorsed on Friday Barack obama's campaign for the Democratic nomination for president in a boost for the Illinois senator.

A U.S. helicopter fired a Hellfire missile during fighting in a Shiite militia stronghold of Baghdad Friday, killing at least four people as deadly clashes broke out in iraq's oil-rich south for the fourth day. American jets also dropped bombs overnight in...

President Nicholas Sarkozy has wrapped up his state visit to Britain, with a glittering dinner in the City of London.

IT services giant CSC Australia is on the hunt for project managers and C++ programmers as it moves to double its 120-strong workforce in South Australia by 2013.

A Florida-based company's artificial immune system promises to make testing of new vaccines faster, cheaper and safer

A Stanford University graduate student committed suicide by ingesting sleeping pills before getting into the trunk of her car, which was found at a North Bay community college, Santa Rosa police have concluded in ruling out foul play. Mengyao "May" Zhou, 23,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Party chief Howard Dean warned on Friday the acrimonious fight between Barack obama and Hillary clinton risked demoralizing Democrats and urged them to tone down personal attacks.