CAPITOL HILL—. U.S. lawmakers are speaking out on the eve of President Barack Obama's address outlining U.S. plans to combat radical Islamic State fighters. Both parties say action is warranted, but some disagree on whether Congress must authorize the ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The FBI says a U.S. air marshal was attacked with a syringe at a Nigerian airport. FBI spokesman Christos Sinos said Tuesday that preliminary tests show the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens. It's not known what was in the ...

The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir were clearly caught unawares by the massive flooding and the destruction of life and property (Editorial, Sept.9). The only positive is that political brinkmanship has taken a back seat amid efforts to ensure relief and ...

HOUSTON (AP) The FBI says a U.S. air marshal was attacked with a syringe at a Nigerian airport. FBI spokesman Christos Sinos said Tuesday that preliminary tests show the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens. It's not known what was in the ...

Alex Salmond, as Scotland's first minister, has regular private meetings with the Queen. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA. Buckingham Palace last night insisted the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum is for the people of the country to decide ...

The findings are consistent with US and Ukrainian assertions the Boeing 777 was brought down by an anti-aircraft missile. Photograph: Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty. Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was destroyed in an instant when the cockpit and other parts ...

AFFALTERBACH Germany (Reuters) - Daimler on Tuesday launched the Mercedes-AMG GT, a sleek two-door coupe with more than 500 horsepower designed to poach Porsche customers as part of an effort to expand its offering of upmarket sportscars.

The shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was announced today, and the nominees include two Americans for the first time in the prize's history. New York-based author Joshua Ferris, for his book “To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,” and ...

Los Angles - Beyoncé and Jay Z accidentally gate-crashed a wedding in Portofino, Italy over the weekend. The world famous couple - around whom there continue to be rumours of marital strife - walked into a church to unexpectedly find they were interrupting ...

The family of Michael Schumacher, the 45-year-old former Formula One champion, said Tuesday that he had been moved from a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, to the family estate 25 miles away on Lake Geneva. They also said that efforts to rehabilitate ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The FBI says a U.S. air marshal was attacked with a syringe at a Nigerian airport. FBI spokesman Christos Sinos said Tuesday that preliminary tests show the syringe did not contain any deadly pathogens. It's not known what was in the ...

Despite report, Interior Minister Gidon Sa'ar insists that Israel's is working in accordance with international law and policies “are bearing results.” Eritrean migrants in Israel. Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv.. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM ...

Despite report, Interior Minister Gidon Sa'ar insists that Israel's is working in accordance with international law and policies “are bearing results.” Eritrean migrants in Israel. Eritrean migrants in Tel Aviv.. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM ...

LONDON: The leaders of Britain's three main political parties announced a last-minute trip to Scotland yesterday to boost the campaign against independence after a surge in separatist support ahead of next week's referendum. Conservative Prime Minister ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has illegally coerced nearly 7,000 Eritrean and Sudanese nationals into returning to their home countries, where they risk serious abuse, Human Rights Watch said. Returning Sudanese have faced torture, arbitrary detention and ...

Apple launched what its Chief executive Tim Cook described as the “biggest advance in the history of the iPhone” - the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, both of which will have bigger screens than current iPhones. The new iPhones, with screen sizes of ...

Amsterdam: A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous "high-energy objects", according to a report on Tuesday which appears to back up claims it was downed by a ...

Amsterdam: A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous "high-energy objects", according to a report on Tuesday which appears to back up claims it was downed by a ...

Regulators setting open-Internet rules are considering whether mobile Web service still deserves lighter regulation than broadband sent over wires, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said. The FCC “will have to wrestle” with ...

Kim Kardashian: Your dreams have just come TRUE, lady! Tuesday (September 9), Apple rolled out the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6-Plus and, get this Kim, the new models make it even easier to take selfies. Oh yes. Sure, the phones have a ton of other rad ...