An adviser to billionaire J. Paul Getty had concerns about whether an ancient bronze statue destined for Getty's world-famous museum had been properly removed from Italy, it was reported Thursday.
He tackled last week's officials. Then, he roughed up Bills quarterback Trent Edwards.
Iraqi lawmakers appear to be snagged again at a familiar impasse: how to settle power-sharing disputes in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk before important national elections.
An elderly Holocaust survivor from San Diego can continue his legal battle against a Spanish museum to reclaim a valuable painting he says was taken from his grandmother by the Nazis, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Israel's foreign minister on Wednesday visited an Arab village cut in half by an international border and insisted it will remain under Israeli control.
Sudan's fragile peace overcame a major hurdle Wednesday when a legal panel drew a compromise map splitting an oil-rich region between the government-held north and the semiautonomous south controlled by former rebels.
It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ensure a strong Jewish presence on lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state.
Seeking to head off an explosion of ethnic violence, the United Nations will call for a power-sharing system of government for Iraq's deeply divided region of Kirkuk in the oil-rich north.
China has no plans to beef up its naval presence in the South China Sea following a confrontation earlier this month between Chinese boats and a U.S. Navy ship, an official newspaper reported Friday.
China plans to boost patrols in the South China Sea to deal with the growing threat of illegal fishing and sharpening territorial disputes, a Chinese official was quoted as saying by state media Thursday.
The image is iconic: Smiling Tibetan farmers hoist a giant portrait of China's communist revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as they walk under a clear blue sky.
A bronze rabbit's head was the first to go under the hammer, then came Mohandas Gandhi's glasses and sandals.
Australia is claiming four Olympic medals 105 years after they were awarded to the United States.
The Justice Department has sued Microsemi Corp. to force the chip maker to unravel its $25 million acquisition of Semicoa, a deal the government believes is driving prices up and quality down for semiconductors used by the Defense Department and NASA.
Violence erupted again in the oil-rich Sudanese town of Abyei on Friday, leaving two policeman dead and prompting the United Nations to call on rival groups to take immediate steps to stem further fighting.
Israeli soldiers and police stormed a disputed building in the biblical city of Hebron on Thursday, dragging out 250 young settlers in a raid meant to send a warning to Jewish extremists fighting to keep what they see as God-promised land.
A British mother lost a libel suit Monday against the daughter who claimed in a book that her childhood had been marred by emotional and physical abuse.
The dirt roads are still lined with burned huts, and many of the scattered residents say they are too frightened to return and rebuild, half a year after north and south Sudanese forces battled over this small town, claimed by both sides in an oil-rich flashpoint region.
The Kansas City Chiefs lost a possible field goal in the second quarter against Tennessee on Sunday, when the officials ruled the kick no good and wouldn't allow a challenge.
The woman who took care of science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton in the final years of her life in Tennessee has been awarded the copyrights and royalties to most of her works.
The United States has decided to reverse a recent decision to change the national classification of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
Excerpts being criticized from the 10th edition of the textbook "American Government" by James Wilson and John Dilulio:
Talk about a civics lesson: A high-school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded.
A man who didn't have a will left a $2 million estate, but the most hotly contested item in court has been his golden retriever, Alex.
Sri Lanka's technological refutation of the authenticity of a video of Army (SLA) soldiers executing unarmed Tamil men broadcast by Channel 4 in August is based on a processed video-file taken from the broadcaster's website, rather than the original mobile phone footage, expe …
These facts are undisputed in the slaying of Lorraine Hatzakorzian: 12 days before her severed head was found floating in a canal on the western edge of Broward County, she bought a money order at a Waldbaum's store on Long Island.
Kenya's opposition leader has called off nationwide rallies planned for Tuesday, following disputed elections. Raila Odinga said he hoped international mediation could solve the crisis. He says he was cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki.
Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, responds to a recent health report about the potential health and pollution risks of e85 ethanol.