Abbie Fentress Swanson

The opposition is led by former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva.

Rescuers were evacuated from deep in the mine after they met with dangerous levels of gases. 

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev also signed the new START treaty.

Rescuers are trying to find out if four West Virginia miners are alive.

President Barack Obama has unveiled a new nuclear weapons policy today that would limit the circumstances under which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons.

At least 49 people have died today in Iraq, following seven explosions across Baghdad. More than 160 were wounded.

Toxic gases have suspended rescue efforts to find four more missing.

Gunfire, grenades and four car bombs have gone off near the U.S. embassy in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan today. The Associated Press reports that three people have been killed in ...

More than 100 Chinese coal miners have been pulled out alive from a flooded mine, after being trapped there for more than a week.

Fabio Luisi will replace Levine for the rest of the 2009-10 season.

At least two people died in Sunday's strong 7.2 magnitude quake.

The system will replace automatic extra screening for mostly Muslim passengers from 14 countries.

The US unemployment rate is still at 9.7 percent, but the economy had its largest job gain in 3 years.

Workers have given their union the authority to call a strike if there's no contract by 12:01 AM on April 21.

Amtrak service between New York City and Boston was still suspended on Thursday. It's resumed--with delays--on Friday.

Theatres have made more than $228 million at the box office so far this year, compared to around $216 million this time last year, according to The New York Times.

The president says the rules should save 1.8 billion barrels of oil.

At least two people were killed in the blast.