A massive fire fueled by a ruptured gas line roared through a neighborhood south of San Francisco on Thursday.

Charities linked to banned groups help flood victims amid criticism of the government.

Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.

As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if 25% funding cuts go ahead, the Police Federation says.

7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in the US, has offered $2bn to buy smaller rival Casey's General Stores.

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It is difficult to imagine Rafael Nadal stopping at the semifinals after his play on Thursday.

Anti-American rallies sweep Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small US church to stage an "International Burn a Koran Day".

The government is to press ahead with privatising or selling Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.

Terry Jones put himself at the center of a controversy by using the news lull of summer and a 24-hour news cycle to promote his anti-Islam cause.

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a landmark resolution calling for talks between Serbia and Kosovo, which declared its independence in February 2008.

Swaziland unions condemn the prime minister's suggestion that dissidents should be whipped on their feet with spikes.

Second practice for the Italian GP is under way at Monza after McLaren's Jenson Button sets the pace in the opening session.

An Australian man who cycled round Europe for three months looking for his missing son is to be reunited with him after two-and-a-half years.

The Obama administration is pushing a power-sharing arrangement in Iraq that could retain Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as prime minister but curb his authority.