It's been 25 years since a massive quake rocked the Bay Area just before a World Series game, killing dozens, injuring thousands and causing billions of dollars' worth of damage as it buckled freeways, brought down a bridge and knocked buildings off their foundations.
Uruguay's landmark law legalizing the sales of marijuana has got off to a rocky start and might not survive upcoming elections to replace the man behind it, leftist President Jose Mujica.
Civilian groups dropping leaflets across border risk being fired at
The United Nations war crimes tribunal on Friday commenced the second phase of the trial of two ailing former senior leaders of Democratic Kampuchea, also known as Khmer Rouge, charges of genocide.
India on Friday successfully test fired its homemade, nuclear-capable subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay, from a test range in the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.
Sixteen people have been confirmed dead, with 10 others seriously injured, after a ground-level ventilation grate at a South Korean outdoor theater collapsed, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday.
Fiji and Tuvalu signed a treaty on Friday, settling the maritime boundary issue between the two Pacific island neighbors.
A man arrested in Australian counterterrorism raids in September is facing fresh charges of preparing a terrorist attack on home soil, police said on Friday.
Putin says discussions 'good', but Merkel sees no breakthrough
Britain may use a medieval law dating from 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight with Islamic State insurgents in Iraq and Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
Western countries scrambled to put airport security measures in place on Friday amid mounting concern about the spread of Ebola world-wide.
The son of US Vice-President Joe Biden was discharged from the US navy reserve earlier this year after testing positive for cocaine, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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