US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in the south of Afghanistan after touching down on...

Miami police swooped on the main airport on Friday when screeners detected a suspicious article in a checked...

Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace...

Lindsay Lohan can't steer clear of trouble. Just days after she was released from a jail and rehab stint, witnesses accused her Friday of hitting a baby stroller with her Maserati and then leaving the...

Victor Zamorano, one of 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground in northern Chile, sent a poem Friday to officials working to rescue...

Tsunami monitoring agencies said they had detected no destructive tsunami after a deep earthquake of 7.4 magnitude struck near New Zealand's South Island...

India's Sania Mirza's run in the US Open tennis tournament ended with her losing in the first round of the women's doubles...

Indian documentary filmmaker Vijay Kumar, arrested in Houston for allegedly carrying 'jihadist' literature and brass knuckles in his checked baggage, will remain behind bars without bail but can leave 'voluntarily' if his case is resolved within 120...

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il is reportedly preparing to hold a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineering that would be a first in the Communist world, extending dynastic rule to a third...

Kendra Wilkinson is a hot siren herself, but can't stop gushing about her favourites in Hollywood - especially Beyonce's derriere, which she likes so much she would like to bite...

It's not just Rafael Nadal's looks that girls are crazy about - they will lay their hands on anything that belongs to him, even if it's his discarded...

American rapper 50 Cent is taking a break from Twitter to concentrate on his new album 'The Return Of The Heartless...

Actress Michelle Rodriguez has said that she signed her latest film "Machete" because she felt the film was a symbol of hope like President Barack Obama's...

Former manager for Britney Spears has officially signed on to save Lindsay Lohan's...

A Bronx teenager has earned the title of New York's bookworm of the year for plowing through a staggering 325 novels and comics in just three...

Hotels are making extra effort to ensure ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews' safety after her recent stalker...

Tiny ants are scaring away jumbos about a billion times their size from stripping the tree cover, scientists have...

A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart...

Seven out of ten New Yorkers participating in a New York poll, want the proposed Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated away from Ground Zero in Lower...

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India, ensuring 'our survival, our security, and our sovereignty', besides making the 'nation walk with head held high', boasts A.Q. Khan, the disgraced scientist considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear...

Two-thirds of New York City residents want a controversial Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated farther away from the site of 9/11 terrorist attack, according to a New York Times...

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has lashed out at reporters who write about her using anonymous sources, branding them 'impotent' and...

People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent...

Socialite Kim Kardashian has stunned her fans after posing with two nude men for a magazine photo shoot. She describes it as one of her most risque covers to...

Actor Ashton Kutcher is reportedly threatening to sue the editors of a US tabloid for defamation, following an article they published suggesting he had been cheating on his wife Demi...

Despite reports from the US Thursday that initial jobless claims fell to 472,000 last week and pending home resales were up 5.2 per cent in July, Canada's top Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank said the economic recovery in North America is slipping after positive hints four months...

American singer Katy Perry says she will apply to become a citizen of the UK as soon as she weds Russell...

India's Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Thursday that India and a trade bloc of South American countries have agreed to expand a trade...

Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the 'nation walk with heads held high', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday 'strongly condemned' the bomb attacks in which scores of people were killed this week in Pakistan's cities of Quetta and...

A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US...

Jamaican tennis star Dustin Brown has said that he is excited about facing World No. 4 Andy Murray in their second-round US Open clash...

The US brokered Middle East peace talks here have not only led to promises of a second round of negotiations Sep 14-15, but also opened the possibility of a third round later this month, according to media...

Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into...

(Friday, September 3rd) Final Score: New York 7, Toronto 3 Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Curtis Granderson doubled twice and drove in three runs, as New York beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 7-3, in the...

Laquanda Mallin put on her hard hat, grabbed a seven-foot-tall STOP sign and took her post in 90-degree heat on a dusty road off one of Miami's busiest highways. The 31-year-old declared it a good...

CAMPO, Calif. -- Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost.California Department of Forestry and...

MESA, Ariz. -- Police are searching for a suspect who threw acid on the face of an Arizona woman who had arrived home and was getting out of her car.Mesa police said Friday that the 41-year-old...

LOS ANGELES — Kara DioGuardi is officially out at "American Idol." After months of speculation, Fox announced Friday that the songwriter who joined the Fox singing competition's judging panel...

Her departure leaves Randy Jackson, who's been with the singing contest from the start, the last judge standing, for now. Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are the reported front-runners for the panel....

With two judges already having left the Fox singing competition, the network announced late Friday that a third, Kara DioGuardi, "is stepping down" and will not return for the show's 10th season....

Republicans are on track to control approximately 30 governor seats after the Nov. 2 election, according to the FiveThirtyEight gubernatorial forecasting model. And they are likely to do particularly...

Confirming weeks of rumors, FOX announced Friday that Kara DioGuardi is leaving "American Idol" after only 2 seasons. The songwriter and A&R executive joined the program in 2008.  She was previously...

The sketch created by political cartoonist Daryl Cagle depicts the green, white, and red Mexican flag with a bullet-riddled eagle sprawled in the center of the emblem. Mexico's coat of arms includes...

A device called the Mosquito, which makes a high-pitched noise aimed at driving away young loiterers, has been installed near a Metro entrance just down the block from the Smithsonian's National...

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Kara DioGuardi is leaving as a judge on top-rated “American Idol” after two seasons, News Corp.’s Fox said...