ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani military jet fighters and helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing 60 militants, the army said. The airstrikes mainly targeted Mir Ali, a town in the lawless tribal region of North ...

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 11, 2014, a woman puts flowers outside a police station where a few people were killed during fighting between government forces and insurgents on Friday, May 9 in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. The insurgents in the east ...

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 11, 2014, a woman puts flowers outside a police station where a few people were killed during fighting between government forces and insurgents on Friday, May 9 in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine. The insurgents in the east ...

Oscar Pistorius in the dock at the Pretoria High Court on May 9, 2014, in Pretoria, South Africa. | Pool via Getty Images. Share. Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble · reddit ...

PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Nigeria's Islamist Boko Haram militants, said on Monday he would release more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by his fighters in exchange for prisoners, according to a video seen by Agence ...

"What would America fight for?" exclaimed The Economist, as it cautioned the Obama administration against strategic retreat and neo-isolationism. It dismissed President Obama's foreign policy as a cerebral doctrine that excuses inaction -- one that is based ...

Vatican spokesperson Federico Lombardi released a statement on Thursday calling for the release of roughly 200 girls kidnapped in northern Nigeria by Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The abduction took place three weeks ago, drawing worldwide ...

Illustration highlighting the expansion of the genetic alphabet by comparison with natural DNA and Watson's and Crick's original paper. | Synthorx. Share. Tweet. Email. Comment. Share on Google+ · tumblr · stumble · reddit ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon gives a speech during a ministerial meeting to prepare for a September 23 climate change summit in New York on May 4, 2014 in Abu Dhabi. Ban Ki-moon urged 'bold' actions by countries around the world to reduce ...

So, People magazine's two-time Sexiest Man Alive George Clooney is evidently engaged. It shouldn't be such a big deal -- just another celeb tying the knot, right (well, except for broken hearts everywhere)? But Clooney isn't just a celeb; he has represented ...

So, People magazine's two-time Sexiest Man Alive George Clooney is evidently engaged. It shouldn't be such a big deal -- just another celeb tying the knot, right (well, except for broken hearts everywhere)? But Clooney isn't just a celeb; he has represented ...

So, People magazine's two-time Sexiest Man Alive George Clooney is evidently engaged. It shouldn't be such a big deal -- just another celeb tying the knot, right (well, except for broken hearts everywhere)? But Clooney isn't just a celeb; he has represented ...

The company put two new MacBook Airs on its website on Tuesday: an 11-inch laptop and 13-inch laptop, each available with either 128 GB or 256 GB of storage. At $899, the 11-inch MacBook Air with 128 GB is the least expensive MacBook Apple has ever ...

BOSTON, April 27 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is rushing to fix a bug in its widely used Internet Explorer web browser after a computer security firm disclosed the flaw over the weekend, saying hackers have already exploited it in attacks on some U.S. ...

A file photo showsing South African President Nelson Mandela taking the oath 10 May 1994 during his inauguration at the Union Building in Pretoria. (WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images) | WALTER DHLADHLA via Getty Images. Share. Tweet. Email.

The late Pope John Paul II is set to be canonized on Sunday April 27. He and Pope John XXIII will become the newest saints in a ceremony celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. Before he was pope, though, John Paul II was Karol Wojtyla -- a ...

The late Pope John Paul II is set to be canonized on Sunday April 27. He and Pope John XXIII will become the newest saints in a ceremony celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square. Before he was pope, though, John Paul II was Karol Wojtyla -- a ...

This April 24, 2014 photo released by Adrian Ballinger, founder and head guide of Alpenglow Expeditions, shows a meeting between Nepalese government delegation and Sherpa mountain guides near Everest base camp, Nepal. (AP Photo/Alpenglow ...

This April 24, 2014 photo released by Adrian Ballinger, founder and head guide of Alpenglow Expeditions, shows a meeting between Nepalese government delegation and Sherpa mountain guides near Everest base camp, Nepal. (AP Photo/Alpenglow ...

Before Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" was nominated for an Academy Award, before it reached the top of the Billboard charts, before it garnered 182 million views on YouTube and before it sold more than a million copies, it was just another song that wasn't ...