A great wooden steamship that sank more than a century ago in a violent Lake Michigan storm has been found off the Milwaukee-area shoreline, and divers say the intact vessel appears to have been perfe

Administrators of a legal defence fund set up in the US for former Alaska governor Sarah Palin have 90 days to return nearly $400,000 to donors, after an ethics investigator determined the fund was il

Twenty-five years after the Kanishka tragedy that claimed 329 lives, Canadian Premier Stephen Harper on Thursday apologised for the “institutional failings” that led to the Air India bombing and took

A Portland massage therapist accused former vice-president Al Gore of “unwanted sexual contact” at a hotel during an October 2006 visit, but no charges were filed due to lack of evidence, law official

A train speeding through a seaside rail station plowed into a group of youths taking a shortcut across the tracks to get to a beach party, killing at least 12 and injuring 14, Spanish officials said o

Former President Bill Clinton liked what he saw from the U.S. team so much, he’s staying for the next World Cup game.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev perched briefly at Twitter headquarters on Thursday as he began courting the micro-blogging sensation and other US Internet stars for a Moscow version of Silicon Vall

America’s top military commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washi-ngton to explain derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and some senior officials, US officials said on Tuesday.

South Africa’s Katlego Mphela (right) scores a goal past French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (left) and defender Gael Clichy during their World Cup Group A match in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Tuesday.

Nato and Afghan forces captured a senior Taliban figure in an overnight raid, the international force said on Tuesday in a statement.