Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Democratic convention Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea to her supporters to rally behind her rival Barack Obama and propel him to the white house.

Thousands of demonstrators occupying the Thai prime minister's office compound beat back an effort by riot police to remove them Wednesday and vowed to stay until the government resigns.

The united states has canceled plans to try to dock a military ship carrying humanitarian aid in the Georgian port of Poti, where Russian forces are posted on the outskirts, a U.S. Embassy spokesman says.

Kashmir police, suspected rebels holding 4 children hostage engage in gunbattle.

Russian forces are posted on the outskirts of the Georgian port

Gustav was downgraded to a tropical storm Tuesday night after dumping torrential rains across southern Haiti, killing at least one man. It's expected to strengthen again during the week.

HARARE (Reuters) - zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe will form a new government soon but he says the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) does not want to join the new administration, state media reported on Wednesday.

'We have tremendous confidence and faith in our leadership here in Afghanistan'

US Embassy says plan to send military ship to Georgia's Poti cancelled

From swamp soccer to wife-carrying, Finland's funny business becomes a tourist draw in the country's short, bright summer