An explosion near San Francisco International Airport set more than a dozen homes ablaze Thursday and sent people fleeing as it spread through a residential neighborhood, witnesses said.
Twelve U.S. soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies — revelations that the Pentagon said Thursday damaged America's image around the world.
Terry Jones, the American pastor who proposed to burn copies of the Qur'an this Saturday in a protest against Muslims, announced Thursday he has cancelled the event.
Enbridge Inc. shut down the largest of its three major pipelines delivering oil from the biggest U.S. supplier to Midwest refiners after it sprung a leak Thursday.
A wall of labour, business and political opposition is forming in a bid to force the federal cabinet to use its veto power to kill a proposed steep hike in Employment Insurance premiums on Jan. 1.
New Zealand's leading military scientist has resigned after he was accused of lying on his CV by claiming he worked for MI5 and MI6 and was an Olympic bobsleigher who raced against the Jamaican "Cool Runnings" team.
Terry Jones, the American pastor who proposed to burn copies of the Qur'an this Saturday in a protest against Muslims, announced Thursday he has cancelled the event.
Iran will soon release Sarah Shourd, one of three detained American citizens accused of espionage, an Iranian official at the United Nations told Reuters on Thursday.
