Provides an overview of Singapore, including key dates and facts about this South East Asian state.

Indian officials preparing for the G20 summit next week have hired teams of "monkey-men" and erected primate cutouts to deter marauding monkeys from munching on the floral...

A grand jury in Illinois has indicted a man who is accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian-American woman and her son

WASHINGTON U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday said traffic deaths fell by 3.3% in the first half of

Sergei Sobyanin says there have been no serious injuries but some residents are being evacuated.

Israel’s foreign reserves fell by more than $7 billion in October as the central bank sought to defend

By Brendan Pierson A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices

Three people were found dead inside a residence in Newton, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning, including a couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, officials said.

Oil rose for a fourth day, the longest run of gains in over two months, on signs the

Shohei Ohtani says he's not planning to pitch in the All-Star Game next week after leaving the Los Angeles Angels’ 8-5 loss to the San Diego Padres with a blister on the middle finger of his right hand Tuesday

A South Carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state's new abortion restrictions from going into effect, just one day after the governor signed them into law.

The nation’s midsection is heading into the July Fourth weekend and instead of enjoying the start of summer people are facing smoky haze, high temperatures and powerful derecho winds that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents