Arguing strongly against what he called the "carpet bombing" of Pakistan, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said US drone attacks were turning out to be counter-productive due to the civilian toll they take.
Shoes containing human bones from people killed by the 2011 Japanese tsunami are likely to begin washing up on the US West Coast later this year, an expert has said.
US voters are nearly evenly divided between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney with five months to go before the election, especially on handling the economy, polls show.
Blind activist Chen Guangcheng vowed on Thursday to keep speaking out against rights abuses in China as he settles into a new life in New York following his dramatic escape from illegal detention.
14-year-old Rahul Nagvekar took the top prize at the National Geographic Bee. It was a close victory. He and runner-up Vansh Jain had finished the championship round tied after five questions.
Justifying prosecution of Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped CIA in finding Osama bin Laden, Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said it is against the law in any country to cooperate with foreign intelligence.
The then Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was responsible for the murder of his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, her son and Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said.
At least seven people were wounded after a fire broke out overnight on a US Navy's nuclear-powered submarine, the Navy said on Thursday.
An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Norwegian Sea on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
The hotel maid who had accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her has expanded her civil lawsuit against the former IMF chief to include a clause of "gender-motivated violence".
Patrick Fitzgerald, the tough-talking US Attorney who prosecuted a slew of highly-publicised cases including those leading to the conviction of Mumbai attack suspect David Headley and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, has resigned.
Fidel Castro's niece hailed Barack Obama's support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: "I would vote for President Obama."
A US House committee chairman charged on Wednesday that the CIA and defence department jeopardized US security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
The US Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran.
US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to send its own spacecraft toward the International Station with the launch of the cargo-bearing Dragon capsule.