A roadside bomb has exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as the chief of the U.N. observers was visiting.

A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United State on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China…

Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday, when thousands are expected to march from a downtown park to the lakeside convention…

Premier Wen Jiabao called for more priority to be given to boosting China's slowing economic growth, a state news agency reported Sunday, after unusually weak industrial activity in April prompted…

An Italian firefighter stands among rubble and destroyed cars in Modena, Italy, Sunday. A magnitude-6.0 temblor shook northern Italy early Sunday. The quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena…

A bomb blast outside a high school in southern Italy that killed a 16-year-old student has revived dark memories of the 70s and 80s, when terrorists, anarchists and organized crime…

The chairman of Pakistan's telecommunications authority says the government has blocked the social networking website Twitter because of material considered offensive to Islam.

The President of Portugal, Anibal Antonio Cavaco Silva, is scheduled to visit Indonesia from Tuesday to Thursday.

One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least three people, toppled some buildings and sent…

Performers take part in a two-day Fire Festival in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday.