2009-11-20 22:26
A British police officer has been swept to his death as raging floods engulfed northern England's Lake District following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain.
2009-11-20 22:26
A 39-year-old Californian man has been arrested on a misdemeanour charge of child annoyance for allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
2009-11-20 21:08
US President Barack Obama is returning from an Asia tour lacking the fanfare of past trips to a set of persistent problems, including Afghanistan, unemployment and healthcare reform.
2009-11-20 20:11
More than 150 Christian leaders have issued a joint declaration reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to protect religious freedoms.
2009-11-20 19:04
The UN labour agency has criticised Myanmar for failing to abolish forced labour and has adopted a resolution calling for the immediate release of these prisoners.
2009-11-20 17:05
Bombers have killed 18 people in Afghanistan, a deadly start to President Hamid Karzai's second term that has underscored spiralling insecurity nine years into the US-led war.