The whimsical way in which James Franco approaches his career choices makes him a breath of fresh air in Hollywood,...

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Italy's Rolling Stone magazine has named him 'Rock Star of the Year' and placed his image on its cover.  His...

A storm pounding California with record rain and heavy snow spawned minor flooding, mudslides, small evacuations and road closures Monday,...

Flights bound for London Heathrow resumed on Monday even as heavy snowfall started to threaten Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and...

Turkey has tossed aside plans to purchase the Eurofighter Typhoon and is pursuing an ambitious endeavor to design and produce...

Saudi Arabia announced Monday the highest national budget in its history with plans to spend SR580 billion ($154.7 billion) in...

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray launched a severe attack against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his alleged comments that...

Regulators shuttered six banks holding a total of $1.23 billion in assets, including three in Georgia and one each in...

Bank of America has stopped handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions. It said it...

Iran's nuclear chief replaced the country's sacked foreign minister Saturday and said his top priorities include building a "special relationship"...

JEDDAH: Studies have been conducted on prospects of establishing an inner-city monorail system for the holy city of Makkah to...

At least 37 people have died after a boat capsized in north-eastern Bangladesh, rescue officials say. They say the boat...

Fresh off an Australian tour with her frenzied talk-show fans, Oprah Winfrey is taking a respite in the South Pacific...

Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela flared over Washington's nominee for ambassador Saturday as President Hugo Chavez warned that the...