Indian PM Manmohan Singh has begun a visit to the US for talks expected to be dominated by Afghanistan, climate change and nuclear energy cooperation. The PMs visit is expected to take the strategic relations between the...

At a newly opened cafe in Oregon, people can sit around, taking tokes from a 'vaporizer', and it is all legal. Patrons all carry medical marijuana cards. (Nov. 23)

India has appreciated the Italian action against 2 Pakistan nationals in Italy. It is suspected that the 2 men provided funds to terrorists in the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai

Police and army experts are inspecting about 1,800 bridges in northern England, after floods destroyed several river crossings. A police officer was swept to his death Friday when a major bridge collapsed near Cockermouth,...

A cruise ship passenger owes his life to a sharp eyed Coast Guard crew which spotted him swimming for his life off Miami Beach Sunday. Coast Guard authorities say they received a call around 3 a.m. from the crew. (Nov. 23)

People smuggling networks taking asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia are flourishing despite Jakarta's pledges to combat the trade. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen gained rare access to a network of smugglers who...

Manmohan Singh is in the US for a four-day state visit.

Police in Ohio film what they say is robbery suspect John Ford eating a piece of paper he used to demand money in a bank.

India's Prime Minister has asked the US to extend it's power in Pakistan to reduce the influence of the Taliban in the country.   In unusually frank remarks, Manmohan Singh questioned whether Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistan...

Rescuers have saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank in rough waters, but at least 24 have died. .

Watch veteren rider Stefan Gimpl get huge air.

Cambodia's Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of an estimated two million people from 1975-79, and millions more were left with deep mental and physical scars. Sin Son was one of them. He lost several of his...

Hundreds of Brazilians have protested against a visit by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is on a South American tour aimed at boosting economic and political ties with the region. A diverse group of demonstrators marched for...

US President Barack Obama has addressed a town hall full of students in Shanghai.

Video has been released showing the moment a huge explosion tore through an oil plant in Utah last month.

Xbox 360 users can now access Facebook and Twitter after an online update. We gate crashed the launch party at a secret London location.

US President Barack Obama took some time to tour a Beijing landmark but divisions still remain despite assurances of US-China co-operation.

Heavy rain, flooding and gale-force winds of up to 80 mph are battering the UK, with the Met Office warning of more to come next week.

President Barack Obama has said that America will not seek to "contain" China's rise to prominence as a key player in world trade. .

Lawyer Phil Shiner claims some Iraq detainees suffered severe abuse whilst in UK custody.