- Blast kills 3, wounds 15 in Turkish capital AP - 30 mins ago
A suspected car bomb went off near a high school in the Turkish capital on Tuesday, igniting other vehicles and killing three people in a nearby building, the interior minister said. The blast also wounded 15 people. More »Blast kills 3, wounds 15 in Turkish capital
- Gadhafi says his regime still alive in Libya AP - 1 hr 44 mins ago
Moammer Gadhafi says his regime is still alive in Libya and is calling his opponents' takeover of all but a few pockets of the country a charade. More »Gadhafi says his regime still alive in Libya
- China says supports Palestinians' U.N. aspirations Reuters - 2 hrs 33 mins ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it understood and supported Palestinian aspirations to seek full U.N. membership, but stopped short of saying how it would vote on the matter. More »China says supports Palestinians' U.N. aspirations
- FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries? AP - 1 hr 18 mins ago
President Barack Obama makes it sound as if there are millionaires all over America paying taxes at lower rates than their secretaries. More »FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries?
- Death toll at 81 for quake in India, Nepal, China AP - 1 hr 58 mins ago
Thousands of terrified survivors of a Himalayan earthquake that killed 81 people and rattled parts of India, Nepal and China crowded Tuesday into shelters and relatives' homes or stayed out in the open for fear of afters … More »Death toll at 81 for quake in India, Nepal, China
- 5 key moments to watch atthe U.N. General Assembly The Daily Beast - Sun, Sep 18, 2011
- Typhoon nears Japan, 1.3 million told to evacuate Reuters - 2 hrs 26 mins ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 1.3 million people were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached Japan, threatening the industrial city of Nagoya with heavy rain and landslides.
- Obama wants to end $5 billion a year farm subsidy Reuters - 3 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed to end a "direct payment" subsidy that gives $5 billion a year to farmers regardless of need, as part of his larger effort to reduce the federal budget deficit.
- Pope visiting homeland with mixed views on church AP - 48 mins ago
- Former adviser defends Obama's decision-making AP - 1 hr 12 mins ago
A former White House economics adviser is backing the administration's denial of an assertion that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ignored President Barack Obama's order to consider dissolving Citibank.
- Bombers strike government offices in Iraq's Ramadi Reuters - 1 hr 3 mins ago
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Bombers hit municipal government offices in Ramadi in Iraq's mainly Sunni Muslim Anbar province on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 15 others, a provincial official said.
- Oil rig explodes in Okla.; no reports of injuries AP - 1 hr 11 mins ago
Authorities in Blaine County say an oil rig that exploded near Watonga and forced the evacuation of several homes caused no injuries.
- US scientists testing earthquake early warning AP - 3 hrs ago
- Spanish schools hit by strike over staffing cuts AP - 1 hr 2 mins ago
Thousands of public school teachers went on strike Tuesday in Madrid to protest staff cuts as anger over government austerity measures spread to Spain's education system.
- New bird flu outbreak reported in India Reuters - 1 hr 11 mins ago
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia.
- Does Germany Owe Greece $95 Billion from World War II? Time.com - 3 hrs ago
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Die Welt.
- For ordinary Venetians, life is no gondola ride Reuters - 2 hrs 43 mins ago
- Poll: Young people see online slurs as just joking AP - 40 mins ago
Is it ever OK to tweet that a girl's a "slut"? How about using an offensive name for gays on Facebook? Or texting a racial slur? Most young people think it's all right when friends are joking around with each other, according to a new poll.
- Driverless car navigates Berlin streets AP - 43 mins ago
- Bargain coffins from Transylvania. Where else? AP - 29 mins ago
Former NHL player Mike Danton was sent to prison for plotting to take a life. In his return to professional hockey, the skills he learned in jail may well have saved … More »Mike Danton uses prison skills to save teammate