UN reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo

The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants....

Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico

Authorities in Mexico urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas offered residents sandbags and put shelters on standby....

UN nuke agency warns monitoring of Iran hampered

In an unusually blunt warning, the U.N. atomic agency said Monday that its monitoring of Iran's nuclear activities is being hampered because Tehran objects to giving some agency....

Muslims hold mass prayers at Jerusalem mosque

Tens of thousands of Muslims poured into the heavily guarded Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem for the last Friday...

Radical Islam is world's greatest threat - Tony Blair

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the...

Hamas taking hard line over peace negotiations

Attacks on settlers will continue unless the rulers of Gaza can be accommodated, with violence to the resumption of Fatah-Israeli negotiations..

Bernanke testifying to crisis inquiry panel

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to appear before a panel investigating the financial crisis...