Posted: 12:30 PM South Africa's top detective was appointed lead investigator in the Oscar Pistorius case Thursday, replacing a veteran policeman who was charged with attempted murder

Posted: 12:29 PM If evidence was ever needed that the next pope must urgently overhaul the powerful Vatican bureaucracy called the Curia, the scandal over Pope Benedict XVI's private papers is Exhibit A.

Posted: 12:28 PM On Thursday, a jury convicted three young British men of being ringleaders of an al-Qaida-inspired plot to explode knapsack bombs in crowded parts of Birmingham, England

Posted: 12:27 PM The judge presiding over the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal is allowing defense lawyers their first chance to see the secret section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where the accused are held.

Posted: 12:26 PM Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear agency is set to issue its latest report on Iran's atomic activities, just days before Feb. 26 talks between Tehran and six world powers.

Posted: 12:24 PM The start of the landmark trial in absentia of four Hezbollah fighters charged in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri

Posted: 12:23 PM A pair of bombs exploded Thursday evening in a crowded shopping area in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.

Posted: 12:22 PM Vietnam was a popular destination for prospective adoptive parents before Washington imposed the ban in 2008 following a U.S. investigation.

Posted: 12:21 PM Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says he has firsthand knowledge of opponents allegedly plotting against him at a meeting.

Posted: 11:01 AM Britain's prime minister laid a mourning wreath Wednesday at the site of a notorious 1919 massacre of hundreds of Indians by British colonial forces, calling the killings "a shameful event in British history."

Posted: 10:46 AM Tens of thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday as unions staged a general strike to protest government spending cuts and tax hikes.

Updated: 10:42 AM Two mortars exploded next to a soccer stadium in central Damascus Wednesday, killing one player and injuring several, Syria's state-run news agency said.

Posted: 10:38 AM The apparent purpose of Unit 61398 became clear only when a U.S. Internet security firm accused it of conducting a massive hacking campaign against North American targets.

Posted: 10:33 AM Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests.

Posted: 10:30 AM A police detective testified at Oscar Pistorius' bail hearing Wednesday that authorities have not found any inconsistencies in the star athlete's description of his shooting of his girlfriend — a killing Pistorius says was accidental but which prosecutors call murder.

Updated: 6:24 AM South African police say they found two boxes of testosterone and needles in the bedroom of Oscar Pistorius, but his defense lawyer says it was an "herbal remedy" and not a banned substance.

Posted: 7:25 PM Public evidence is mounting that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets.

Posted: 7:15 AM The magistrate ruled that Pistorius faces the harshest bail requirements available in South African law. He did not elaborate before a break was called in the session.

Posted: 7:13 AM Cyberattacks that stole information from 141 targets in the U.S. and other countries have been traced to a Chinese military unit in a drab office building in the outskirts of Shanghai, a U.S. security firm alleged Tuesday.

Posted: 7:08 AM The gang used two vehicles in their daring raid Monday, grabbed the cache of stones and sped off into the darkness, said Anja Bijnens, spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor's office.

Posted: 7:07 AM The announcement of President Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, and the political purposes that motivated his homecoming.

Posted: 7:06 AM Trade data from both governments indicate China passed the United States last year in total imports and exports by a margin of $3.866 trillion to $3.822 trillion.

Posted: 7:04 AM The number of Afghan civilians killed in U.S. and NATO airstrikes dropped by nearly half last year to 126, the U.N. said Tuesday.

Posted: 7:03 AM An Afghan security official said on Tuesday that Maulvi Faqir Mohammed was arrested over the weekend in eastern Nangarhar province near the Pakistani frontier.

Posted: 7:01 AM A Yemeni military plane crashed Tuesday into a neighborhood in the country's capital, Sanaa, killing at least nine people and injuring 18, medical and security officials said.