Rising electricity prices are powering a move to solar energy in New Zealand, according to a study out Wednesday.
Six Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies were sentenced Tuesday to federal prison terms for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation into misconduct at the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, the largest county jail in the United States.
Three Venezuelans on Tuesday were sentenced to 24 years and 26 years in prison for murdering former Venezuelan beauty queen and her ex-husband.
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and one more remained missing after an explosion at a firework plant in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday.
The most impressed were children. The unusual combination of vibrant music, vivid makeup and costumes, dances and acrobatics being performed at the Brancaccio Theatre in Rome, seemed to both enchant them and make them eager to join in.
Four people were injured on Thursday when a JetBlue flight with 147 people aboard made an emergency landing due to an engine problem shortly after takeoff from Long Beach Airport, southern California.
As an increasing number of government organizations embrace the digital age by going online, website security for their domains are at high risk for cyber attacks, a survey by the National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center has discovered.
1st LD Writethru: 3 NATO service members killed in Kabul suicide bombing
The United Nations said Thursday that all its 45 peacekeepers from Fiji, seized by Syrian rebels in Golan Heights two weeks ago, have been released and "are in good condition."
Cuba sent six tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, following Israel's latest devastating military offensive there, state daily Granma reported Thursday.
A United Nations report recognizing the role of the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is significant in understanding climate change in the Southern Hemisphere, a leading New Zealand government expert said Thursday.
The devastating 50-day conflict has forced the new academic year in the Gaza Strip to begin three weeks late, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Tuesday, underscoring the serious psychological trauma suffered by the Gazan children.
At least 23 people were killed and another 37 were injured Tuesday when a passenger bus crashed in western Haiti, authorities said.
American warplanes continued their airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, destroying some of its military vehicles, the U.S. Central Command said.
Four policemen were arrested for blackmail, Jamaican anti-corruption authorities said Tuesday.
Russia has handed over a total of 63 Ukrainian soldiers who crossed the border into Russian last week in exchange for all the Russian paratroopers detained in Ukraine, a paratroop commander said Sunday.
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