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(Reuters) - The military junta running Thailand has drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps on fuel and loan guarantees for small firms to kick-start an economy threatened by recession after months of po...

Representatives of both sides played down the idea that the exchange, long seen as a crucial prelude to any broader talks, might breathe new life into a peace effort.

Russia is threatening to cut off natural gas to Ukraine this week as newly elected Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is pushing to up the pressure on pro-Russian separatists.

Federal investigators are looking for Ryan Kelly Chamberlain, 42, following the discovery of explosives in his San Francisco apartment. FBI agent Peter Lee told reporters Sunday earlier reports Chamberlain also had ricin...

Up to 3,000 Hong Kongers took the streets to call for democracy, in an prelude to the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The Mi-8 helicopter broke into three pieces after crashing into the Munozera lake in the northwestern Murmansk region in bad weather Saturday evening, emergency officials said.

Seven people died from a lack of oxygen after climbing down a well in Cambodia to retrieve about 75 cents, police and relatives said Sunday

Now you can animate your own jumping desk lamp

Think that headshot makes you look impressive? You may want to think again.

Peter Bergen says Americans and Europeans have joined the war in Syria, leading to fears of a new nexus of terrorism that has already spawned a suicide bombing by a U.S. citizen

Why the site of the U.S. military's atomic bomb drop remains one of Japan's most popular attractions.

The King of Pop like you've never heard him before

Nicki Minaj embraced Drake, and 50 Cent shared the stage with Nas on Sunday at the Hot 97 Summer Jam.

Oberyn Martell enters the arena to fight a trial by combat for Tyrion--but it turns out that he's prosecuting an entirely different trial.

How the crackdown on protesters in Beijing continues to exert influence in China, and beyond.

Salvador Sanchez Ceren, a former schoolteacher turned rebel commander, is sworn in to lead Central American nation.

Brazil marks opening of bus rapid transit system planned for World Cup

A nation practicing food security would encourage home gardens and support decentralized food production that includes urban food production. Interestingly, nations like Cuba and Russia have encouraged precisely these pr...

Apple's latest software makes the case for leaving all your Android and Windows devices behind.

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote Monday is sure to have pleased some and disappointed others. At the annual confab of software developers for Macs and iDevices, CEO Tim Cook and other executives presented...

North Shore "Jeopardy!" champion Julia Collins' winning streak ended Monday, with the formidable women's record-holder taking third place in her 21st and final episode.

Chuck Lorre has long defended himself from criticism, until Sunday evening when he apologized for punishing the world in a very particular way for over ten years.