The Sun Belt states that grew like fertilized weeds during the real estate boom are now experiencing sharp declines in population growth, the Census Bureau said...

As many as 225,000 children in Haiti live and work as unpaid domestic servants, the first study to closely examine the issue concluded. The existence of these...

As more Americans go to mainland China to take jobs, more Chinese and Americans are working side by side. These cross-cultural partnerships, while beneficial in many...

Four people were killed and 24 wounded on Thursday in the latest suicide attack in the northwest city of Peshawar, police and hospital officials said. The lone bomber...

Colombia’s largest rebel group, which in recent months has launched a string of armed attacks to demonstrate that it is not a spent force after 45 years of...

It was just over a decade ago that NATO forces bombed Belgrade in Operation Allied Force, a mission aimed at halting Serbia’s brutal repression of Kosovo. Since...

The attack seemed singularly horrific — an Egyptian pharmacist, Marwa el-Sherbini, was testifying during an appeal hearing in a Dresden courtroom on July 1 when a...

In an interview with the G1 website, this Wednesday, Silvana Bianchi, grandmother of Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old American boy who was abducted to Brazil by his mother...

As Muslims in Iraq observe the 10-day holiday of Muharram, and Christians warily prepare for a subdued Christmas, episodes of violence erupted around the country on...

Nine people were killed in the mine blast near Russia’s Urals city of Nizhny Tagil, Russian media reported Thursday, citing local sources. All victims’...

The secretive U.S. air strike against suspected al-Qaida in Yemen last week is the latest in what has been a fast-growing campaign to better equip and fund Yemeni...

Gaza’s scars have been frozen in place since Israel waged war a year ago to subdue Hamas and stop rockets from hitting its towns. Entire neighborhoods still lie...

The economic situation in Zimbabwe is reported to be improving. Despite reports that cash queues are now at the banks as people wait for money, and other reports that...

Marriage in Britain is in danger of becoming an exclusive middle-class institution unless action is taken to bolster it, David Willetts, the shadow cabinet member...

Schools across France are facing revolts from students demanding the right to wear raunchy clothing banned by educators. The protests, which some observers say signals...

A pediatrition charged with sexually abusing his patients likely attacked more than 100 children at an office he had decked out with a merry-go-round and a ferris...

India unveiled the biggest overhaul of its security services in decades yesterday, with plans to recruit 400,000 more police officers and to create a national...

A passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat in the Philippines, killing three people and leaving search and rescue crews combing the water for dozens more who...

According to Metropolitan Nashville Police, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit - including hat, beard and moustache and dark sunglasses - robbed a SunTrust Bank,...

France’s foreign minister said Tuesday that Guinea could face civil war if the West African nation’s wounded junta leader were to return home from Morocco,...