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A man is arrested after buildings around London's Tottenham Court Road were evacuated amid reports of a bomb threat.

Malawi's new leader Joyce Banda sacks her foreign minister, Peter Mutharika, the brother of the late president who had been anointed as his successor.

In spite of his own urgings that the U.S. not sit idly by and intervene in the Syrian civil conflict, President Obama has done precisely the opposite: Stood idly by.

A man who sold counterfeit medicines including Viagra has been told to hand over more than £14m by Southwark Crown Court.

The White House and the Environmental Protection Agency are distancing themselves from controversial remarks that surfaced this week by a regional administrator attacking the oil and gas industry.

Vice President Joe Biden goes after Mitt Romney's stance on foreign policy issues at an event at New York University.

House Speaker John Boehner calls on the president to reimburse the Treasury Department for campaign travel expenses.

The mother of an 18-year-old shot in both legs in Londonderry says she believes he was targeted because he was a drug user.

US carmaker Ford reports lower quarterly profits following weak sales in Europe and higher tax charges.

Richmond Times Dispatch: Police to end 'wake-up calls' effort by Reed Williams:

One day after a civil liberties group blasted the Richmond Police Department for knocking on doors late at night to tell residents they are at risk of car break-ins, the department said it's ending the practice next week.

Since when has any police group cared what any "civil liberties group" thinks? This is more fundamental a realization.

A judge describes a former union leader as "greedy" as he jails him for four years for stealing almost £150,000 from a miners' charity.

24 hours of news photos: 27 April 2012

The Native American tribe taking on big beer

Tavis Smiley, Cornel West say as the middle class slips into poverty, the needs of the rich are taking priority over those of everyday Americans.

Space shuttle Enterprise will fly past the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks Friday as it heads to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.

Nat Fraser confessed to hiring a hitman to strangle his wife, then burned her body and ground down her teeth, a witness tells his trial.

Dutch people reflect on tourist cannabis cafe ban

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- When civil rights activist Ray Robinson arrived at Wounded Knee in April 1973 to stand alongside Native Americans in their fight against social injustice, he excitedly called his wife back home and told her, "This could be the spark that lights the prairie fire."...

Children bullied during their early years are up to three times more likely to self harm than their classmates when they reach adolescence, a study suggests.

The Palestinian Authority's communications minister resigns, claiming it is moving to silence its critics by blocking access to opposition websites.