WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration announced Monday it is requiring environmental reviews for all new deepwater oil drilling. That means an end, at least for now, to the ki..

The head of a government laboratory studying genetically modified plants said Monday that activists caused major damage during their weekend attack on a research facility in eastern France.

Heavy shelling in Somalia\'s capital city of Mogadishu killed at least nine persons and wounded 53 others after an Islamist group launched at attack on government positions, the director of an ambulance group said Monday.

Turkish authorities have detained an American activist and freelance journalist named Jake Hess in the southeastern, predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai will issue an order demanding all private security companies in Afghanistan cease operation within four months, his spokesman announced Monday. That order is expected Tuesday morning.

A former Israeli soldier has posted photos of herself on Facebook posing in front of blindfolded Palestinian prisoners, prompting harsh reactions.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An attorney for Casey Anthony's parents has resigned from representing the Florida couple. Attorney Brad Conway said Monday that he can no longer represent Cin..

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - There's been no hugging, but Gov. Charlie Crist did get a pat on the shoulder from President Barack Obama. Crist greeted the president Saturday when ..

One of Iran\'s biggest soccer stars has been kicked off his team for refusing to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, the team\'s website reported.

China\'s health ministry said a clinical investigation has found no evidence that milk powder made by a Chinese company caused three infant girls to grow breasts, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

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Giorgia Boscolo spent hundreds of hours on the Venice canals, learning the intricate waterways and how to handle and steer a distinctive banana-shaped boat, according to Italy\'s ANSA news agency.

North Korea said Sunday that it will \"deal a merciless counterblow to the U.S. imperialists\" and to South Korean \"traitors,\" in response to word that the United States and South Korea will begin a joint military exercise on Monday.

An Iranian court has delayed the final verdict of a 43-year-old woman sentenced to death by stoning, a human rights group said Sunday, two days after the country announced she will not be executed during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,

LONDON (AP) - Relatives of the victims of the 1988 Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, are finding new reasons for anger over the release of the only man ever convicted in the..

BOSTON (AP) - Authorities say a former medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist apparently killed himself inside a Boston jail.Ed Geary, a spokesman ..

LUCERNE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say six of the eight people killed when a truck plowed into race fans in the Southern California desert died at the scene and two others d..

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The man who'd been arrested in the four shooting deaths outside a restaurant in Buffalo, N.Y., early yesterday could still be re-arrested if authorities change..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of soldiers who were discharged from the Army for personality disorders may actually have been suffering from the traumatic stresses of war.According to ..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Will Democrats be seeing some fallout this November over the ground zero mosque debate?      They will, according to Republican Sen. John..