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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- In a bold move to gain control of Argentina's energy reserves, President Cristina Fernandez pushed forward a bill to renationalize the country's largest oil company on Monday despite fierce criticism from abroad and the risk of a major rift with Spain....

Four adults and four children are taken to hospital after a fire at a tenement building in the Maryhill area of Glasgow.

South Korea says it will end its search for debris from North Korea's failed rocket launch, a day after the UN condemned Pyongyang's action.

The head of the worldwide union for footballers fears players will be at risk from racial abuse in Poland and Ukraine at Euro 2012.

Fracking for oil and gas is a safe process, providing proper safety measures are taken, an independent report suggests.

Australian troops could begin pulling out from Afghanistan in the coming months and may have exited the country almost entirely by the end of next year, Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia said Tuesday.

A federal prosecutor on Monday described a Bosnian immigrant accused of plotting to bomb New York's subway system as an "al Qaeda terrorist," and assertion the defense refuted as "just wrong."

BEIJING (AP) -- Video obtained by an overseas pro-Tibet group shows Chinese security forces beating a man who had set himself on fire in one of several self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule....

A World War One memorial in Belfast City Cemetery may be moved to reduce the risk of it being attacked by vandals.

Police release the identity of a man found dead in a burning car near Southampton.

Former guerrilla leader Taur Matan Ruak is on track to win East Timor's presidential run-off, preliminary results show, defeating Francisco Guterres.

The World Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, says that capitalist market-based growth is a priority for all countries.

The medical director of the NHS in England tells hospitals to stop discharging patients overnight to free up beds.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Australia will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned, by the end of 2013.

News and Insight: Judge allows expert witness in 'stop and frisk' case against NYPD:

NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - The New York Police Department has lost a bid to prevent an expert witness from testifying at a trial about the controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk."

Manhattan federal court Judge Shira Scheindlin on Monday said Columbia University professor Jeffrey Fagan, a criminology expert, would be allowed to testify about his "stop and frisk" research showing that police were more likely to stop blacks and Hispanics than whites.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month says he has no ill-will toward black people and counts several of them among his friends....

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- One of two Oklahoma men accused of going on a racially motivated shooting spree in a predominantly black section of Tulsa this month says he has no ill-will toward black people and counts several of them among his friends....

Radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan after assurances were obtained that he will get a fair trial, the home secretary has told MPs.

Two protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Bahraini Embassy in central London, days before Bahrain is due to host its most high-profile international event, the Formula One Grand Prix.

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik shed tears as he went on trial for killing 77 people - but not for his victims. The emotional display came when prosecutors showed his anti-Muslim video....