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United States to meet Taliban to seek peace
The United States will meet the Taliban this week for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, US officials have revealed.
Video: Man left in coma after liquid nitrogen poured into pool at party
A 21-year-old man was left in a coma, with eight other partygoers hospitalised after a pool party went horribly wrong in Mexican city Leon.
FBI digs for Jimmy Hoffa's body in Michigan field
FBI agents in suburban Detroit widened their search of an overgrown field for the remains of former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 38 years ago and is thought to have been murdered by mobsters.
Video: Moment Volcano in Mexico erupts sending ash three miles high
THIS video shows Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano, one of the most active in the world, erupting - spewing ash and rock three miles high.
New York police sued over surveillance of Muslims
The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the New York Police Department over its surveillance of Muslim communities
Gangster was 'heartbroken' to hear Bulger worked for FBI
A former US gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional when describing his work during the trial of his former partner, James 'Whitey' Bulger, but he called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant.
Photographer 'killed women with matching initials'
Opening statements have been heard in the trial of a 79-year-old man charged with the decades-old killing of four women in northern California who had matching initials.
US Government demanded private customer data from Apple 5,000 times in six months
APPLE got up to 5,000 requests for customer data in just six months from US law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters.
$23,000 ring returned after sale blunder
A US man who reduced his wife to tears by accidentally selling her $23,000 (€17,200) wedding ring for $10 (€7.50) at a garage sale said his faith in humanity had been restored after it was returned.
Drugged husband survives curse of the 'Black Widow'
A Canadian woman who was responsible for the deaths of two previous husbands is jailed for poisoning her latest spouse
Power outages hit Mexico city after quake
POWER outages hit the Mexican capital of Mexico City after an earthquake struck the centre of the country, and officials said there was no other damage reported.
Court to check on Paris and siblings
The Jackson family might genuinely believe that 15-year-old Paris is bouncing back nicely after her recent suicide attempt, but the authorities in LA aren't taking any chances.
You will be caught: US attorney warns Edward Snowden
THE Attorney General of the United States has warned the whistleblower who leaked details on the country's internet spying tactics that he will be caught.
Drug-trafficker and gangster but no murderer, claims Whitey defence
PERHAPS because everyone had waited so long for this day, there was an air of both anticipation and anti-climax when Whitey Bulger's trial finally got under way on Wednesday in a federal courthouse named after his old neighbour in south Boston, congressman Joe Moakley.
Plane crashes into airport hangar
Three workers were on board the aircraft, but were not injured.
Fatal end to argument as four killed in Missouri
Four people have been killed in a shooting in St Louis, Missouri police said.
Snowden: I'm ready to disclose more US 'criminality'
Edward Snowden, the whistleblowing former CIA employee, has vowed to fight any attempt to extradite him from Hong Kong and said he would use the city as a base to reveal more "criminality".
Court struggles to find jury for murder trial
Lawyers in the trial of a US man in the fatal shooting of a black teenager are struggling to find jury members who haven't already heard about the high-profile case.
Triple kidnap suspect pleads not guilty
Ariel Castro, the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, has pleaded not guilty to all 329 charges against him, including kidnap, rape, torture and murder.
Mob boss Bulger 'did the dirty work himself', court told
A notorious Boston mob boss who "did the dirty work himself", killed 19 people and stole millions of dollars before spending 16 years as one of America's most wanted fugitives, a court heard.
Pill bottles and oxygen tanks found in Michael Jackson's bedroom just after he died
Michael Jackson was surrounded by bottles of prescription pills, oxygen tanks and other medical equipment in the bedroom where he died, according to photographs of the scene released by police.
Edward Snowden: 'I will stay in Hong Kong and resist US extradition attempts'
Not quite in hiding after all, Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contract worker turned grand whistleblower, surfaced once again in Hong Kong telling The South China Morning Post he intends to remain there while fighting any future attempt by the United States to extradite him.
"Whitey Bulger a hands-on killer", court told
Federal prosecutors described accused Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger as a "hands-on killer".
Video: Footballer sent off for throwing dog against a fence
An Argentine football player gets sent off after he grabs a dog that wandered onto the pitch by its neck and throws it against a fence.
Video: Superglue saves baby from life-threatening brain aneurysm
Doctors in Kansas City have saved a baby from a life-threatening brain aneurysm using superglue.
Brockovich arrested for alleged drunken boating
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich, portrayed by Julia Roberts in a 2000 film about her fight over the pollution of a California town, has been arrested on suspicion of boating while intoxicated.
Snowden disappears from hotel and seeks asylum
THE US is braced for a drawn-out effort to capture the rogue spy who exposed its domestic surveillance apparatus, while President Barack Obama has been urged to prosecute him for treason.
US security worker 'behind leaks over secret surveillance methods'
A 29-year-old American who works as a contract employee at the National Security Agency (NSA) is the source of 'The Guardian''s disclosures about the US government's secret surveillance programmes, the British newspaper has reported.
Whitey Bulger seeks delay on trial
LAWYERS for accused Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger sought to delay the start of his murder trial, arguing they need time to investigate whether or not police turned a blind eye to possible criminal activity of a witness.
US gunman had 1,300 bullets and was 'ready for battle'
A 23-year-old gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage through the Californian city of Santa Monica was carrying 1,300 rounds of ammunition and was "ready for battle", police said.
Crane operator in building collapse probe turns himself in
A heavy equipment operator with a lengthy criminal record accused of being high on marijuana when a building in Philadelphia collapsed on to a charity shop, killing six people, has given himself up to police.
