A strong earthquake that hit central Turkey on Sunday is known to have claimed the lives of at least 42 people and injured 120 others. Another 11 are trapped under collapsed buildings, officials said.
A body found outside the Pakistani city of Karachi was not that of kidnapped U.S.
An earthquake killed at least 20 people in western Turkey Sunday, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said. "According to information from the (local) governor the death toll has reached 20," Ecevit told reporters outside his office in the capital Ankara.
The United States has signaled it will take pre-emptive action in the next phase of its war on terror, ratcheting up the rhetoric that has set off alarm bells in Iraq and Iran. In Afghanistan, interim leader Hamid Karzai Sunday scrambled to put a stop to
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said in remarks published Sunday he was ready to talk peace with any Israeli leader and vowed to put an end to what he called "terrorist" attacks on Israeli civilians.
Three dozen people were arrested Saturday during protests at the World Economic Forum in midtown Manhattan, including 27 demonstrators from a crowd that tossed plastic shields at police officers, injuring three of them, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
As friends and colleagues of Daniel Pearl sought proof the kidnapped American reporter is still alive, Pakistani police temporarily detained one young man and had two others in custody today in connection with making false claims about Pearl's status, the
Protesters have again taken to the streets of Argentina after the president criticised the Supreme Court over a ruling that said limits on cash withdrawals from banks were unconstitutional.
Showing it is never too late to meet the love of your life, a 96-year-old Frenchman has married his 95-year-old fiancee. Francois Fernandez exchange wedding vows with Madeleine Francineau, and the two now seem set to enter the record books as the world's
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has left hospital in the Indian city of Bombay after recovering from a bowel infection. "I am feeling much better," he told reporters.
Winona Ryder was charged Friday with four felony counts stemming from her shoplifting arrest at a Saks Fifth Avenue in December. The Oscar-nominated actress was charged with theft, burglary, vandalism and possession of a controlled substance.
The Justice Department has asked the White House to retain all documents related to Enron since January 1999, two years before President Bush took office, CNN has learned.
Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has married his Argentinian bride as thousands descended on Amsterdam to wish them well. A select list of Europe's kings, queens, dukes and counts witnessed the 34-year-old Protestant heir to the Dutch thro
More than 1,000 people are now known to have died in a stampede that followed massive explosions at an army weapons depot in the Nigerian city of Lagos last week. "From all the figures I have seen, as more bodies have been found over the last few days, th
The employers of kidnapped American journalist Daniel Pearl say they believe he is still alive, despite e-mails sent on Friday saying he had been killed. "Based on reports from Pakistan, we now believe that both of the messages received yesterday about Da
Pakistani and U.S.
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will face a single trial for alleged war crimes in Kosovo, Bosnia and Croatia. An appeals panel at the War Crimes Tribunal ruled on Friday that all charges against Milosevic should be combined, and the trial is
A second deadline (1135 GMT) has passed for the demands of the kidnappers of US journalist, Daniel Pearl, to be met. Pakistani police said on Friday they were no closer to finding Mr Pearl, who faces the threat of death from his abductors.
North Korea has hit back at U.S.
In an interview with the Jerusalem daily newspaper Ma'ariv, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he regretted that Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat was not killed when Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, but said Arafat can still be a partner
Accused terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden said "the battle has moved to inside America" in the only television interview he's granted since the September 11 attacks . The interview was conducted by the Arabic-language Al-Jazeera network in late October
Irish Ambassador Feeney: 20 Landmarks in Bulgaria will Light Up in Green for St. Patrick's Day #AmbassadorTalks
Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
