A homicide bomber detonated an explosive belt Thursday inside a municipal government building west of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people attending a meeting of tribal sheiks, police said.

North Korea will hand over a declaration of its nuclear programs and activities on Thursday, China said, a step that could result in the United States taking Pyongyang off its terrorism blacklist.

State television says the Iranian president has assessed that the EU new sanctions will have no effect on the country's nuclear activities.

Angry politicians vowed to keep writing laws that condemn child rapists to death, despite a Supreme Court decision saying such punishment is unconstitutional.

To save money and support neighboring farms, Scott Dubbelde began mixing gasoline and cheaper, ethanol-based fuel in his cars years ago, driving first to the gasoline pump, and then to the ethanol pump.

Hundreds of homes in the scenic community of Big Sur were threatened by a wildfire that already has burned 16 residences and was just 3 percent contained.

Crews labored to strengthen fortifications along the swollen Mississippi River as weather forecasters said more heavy rain could cause a second round of big flood crests.

U.S. officials were shocked that a Mexican judge had freed a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

Raffaelo Follieri is still advertising — through one of his websites — a Visa credit card that benefits a group which is supposedly a charity designed, vaguely, to foster Catholic values.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she expected developments on North Korea's long-delayed nuclear declaration within hours, as she arrived in Japan to attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations.

Thanks to some text message-savvy grandchildren, North Carolina drivers whose license plates have the potentially offensive 'WTF' letter combination can replace the tags for free.

For kids to do better in math, their teachers might have to go back to school. Elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, finds a study being released Thursday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.

Actor Sonny Landham joins ranks of former co-stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura, launches bid for office

The environmental committee of Span's parliament approved resoultions that urge the European country to comply with the Great Apes Project.

Twenty-five outfits worn by James Gandolfini's alter ego Tony Soprano raised $187,750 at an auction Wednesday for a charity that aids wounded soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Miami Beach undercover cops paid a $40 entry fee to board a stretch limousine where women allegedly were offering lap dances and oral sex for money.