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A Syrian rebel leader vehemently refuted the government's claim that so-called "terrorists" -- not the regime itself -- launched a series of explosions in Damascus that killed dozens.

Before there was Red Bull, there was Krating Daeng, a sweet energy drink sold in Thailand and a few other countries. Its labels feature two red bulls charging one another.

After months of bloodshed that has left the Syrian people on the brink of civil war, more than 1,000 activists gathered outside the White House on Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the uprising in Syria.

An American said to have been held captive for months was handed over to the United Nations office in Baghdad by the movement led by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a U.N. official told CNN Saturday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, WikiLeaks announced on its Twitter page Saturday.

Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community for nearly four decades, died Saturday, according to the head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association. He was 88.

A 23-year-old English Premier League soccer player remained in intensive care Monday after suffering cardiac arrest during a game in London, his club Bolton said.

20 years ago, first lady-to-be Hillary Clinton's "cookies" comment roiled moms and stoked political debate, Kirsten Swinth says. But in hindsight, it reflected the dawn of the working family

Dean Obeidallah says stifling political comedians risks chilling free expression

A U.S. soldier accused of a shooting rampage that left 16 people dead in southern Afghanistan has been identified by officials as Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, a decorated combat veteran who once exhorted against the killing of civilians.

Libya said Saturday it will seek extradition of its former spy chief who was arrested in Mauritania and is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

Roland Martin says Florida police shouldn't accept the shooter's self-defense argument in the killing of Trayvon Martin

North Korea will invite foreign space experts and journalists to witness the launch of a satellite that the United States and other nations see as a provocation, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Saturday.

Onetime Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk, 91, had been found guilty last May in Germany of assisting in mass murder at a Polish death camp.

Sen. Barbara Mikulski becomes the longest-serving female member of Congress on Saturday.

The luck of the Irish may not be enough to push ahead special legislation introduced by Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, to grant 10,500 special work visas for Irish immigrants.

Villagers are demanding that the U.S. soldier accused of a shooting rampage that left 16 people dead be brought back to face justice in Afghanistan.

Syrian state TV blames "terrorists" for a series of deadly blasts that reportedly killed at least 27 people and injured scores.

Jason Russell, director of a documentary about a notorious Ugandan warlord that went viral, does not have a drinking or drug problem, according to his family, after the filmmaker was seen running through the streets of San Diego in his underwear.

Terrified neighbors implored dispatchers to send police as a voice in the background screamed for help in 911 recordings released after the shooting of an unarmed Florida teen.