Posted: 4:19 PM - A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow.

Updated: 4:57 PM - Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running.

Posted: 12:44 PM - Authorities in Afghanistan say two guards were killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked a guest house of an international aid group in the Afghan capital of Kabul today.

Posted: 12:40 PM - According to a Pakistani official, two passengers on a flight from Pakistan to England today allegedly threatened to "destroy the plane" after an argument with crew.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - The father of a Chechen immigrant shot by U.S. law enforcement agents in Florida while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect says he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - A man accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida is asking to be represented by a defense attorney willing to use the "holy book" as a reference in his case.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitors at a Kosovo restaurant.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas.

Posted: 05/23/2013 - British police say two more people have been arrested by officers investigating the hacking death of a U.K. soldier in London.

Posted: 05/22/2013 - A government investigation says poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh.