Up to 100 girl students were poisoned Wednesday at a high school in Afghanistan's northern province of Takhar, a provincial source said.
A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been jailed for 33 years for treason, television channels and a local government official said.
Chinese and Vietnamese working groups held the first round of negotiations on the demarcation and joint exploitation of the maritime space at the entrance to the Beibu Gulf on May 21-22 in Hanoi.
BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. workers were preparing to vacuum up crude oil that overflowed from a tank at a Prudhoe Bay oil-field facility.
Voters were evenly divided between Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney on handling the economy, the top concern of voters.
Two men suspected in the killings of two Chinese students were charged Tuesday with capital murder. Both may face death penalty.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to appoint several senior officials of the Presidential Administration.
An Italian national statistics agency on Tuesday forecast that Italy's GDP would fall by 1.5 percent this year but would slightly rise by 0.5 percent in 2013.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Ministers Dmitry Medvedev continued the reshuffle in the Kremlin.
Historical evidence and international laws strongly support China's sovereignty claim over Huangyan Island.
Vladimir Putin was sworn in on Monday as Russian president, starting his third term in the Kremlin following the two consecutive terms from 2000 to 2008.
Chinese president congratulates Putin
The DPRK announced last month that it intends to launch a satellite into space using the three-stage Unha-3 rocket between April 12 and 16 to mark the 100th birthday of former leader Kim Il-sung.
Google Inc is getting into the eyewear business with a pair of thin wraparound shades.
A female snow leopard, an endangered species, rests in an open air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia
Key talks to resolve the nuclear dispute between Iran and the world six major powers in addition to the European Union have started in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Wednesday.
A senior Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that the imminent visit of IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano to Iran can yield positive results.
Iran's Foreign Minister left Tehran for Kuwait on Sunday for talks on bilateral ties and the recent developments in the region.
Egyptians go to polls on Wednesday morning to elect their new president after the fall of ex- President Hosni Mubarak last year.
The UNESCO in collaborations with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somali governments have launched a joint ground water initiative.
Egyptians vote on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election that pits Islamists against men who served under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.
Artists perform with fire during a fire festival in Minsk, capital of Belarus on May 20, 2012.
She says she will happily play "second fiddle as first lady" while remaining a working mum. She has followed changes in the Elyse Palace for years and now she can experience it herself when accompanying the new president.
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