The Georgian Interior Ministry has released a statement today, on October 1, saying that on September 30, at about 05:00 p.m., a Russian drone fell down near the village of Odzisi (eastern Georgia), a REGNUM correspondent reports.As a spokesman for

A spokesman for the Headquarters of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone denies reports on a Russian drone falling down in the Georgian territory. According to Lieutenant Colonel Vitaly Manushko, a report of the Georgian Interior Ministry

Africa's abundant natural resources long have invited foreign exploitation. Over generations, the continent has been stripped of its gold...

Boot-clad feet kick aside tall grass. Heads tilt to peer under logs. A Labrador retriever follows her eager nose through the woods. A triumphant cry rings...

So many world leaders have converged on the United Nations over the past week that at one point billionaire Bill Gates was left cooling...

A new command takes over all U.S. military operations in Africa today, a program that many on the continent fear has a hidden agenda skewed...

The end of a 10-day ordeal for the tour group came far out in the desolate Sahara, when kidnappers lined up some of the captives and cocked...

Two bombs exploded in separate towns in western India in crowded markets packed with Muslim shoppers, killing six people and wounding 45...

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try to reverse the term-limits law he had long supported so he can seek a third term next...

Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular...

Gov. Sarah Palin cites vigilance against Russian warplanes coming into U.S. airspace over Alaska as one of her foreign-policy credentials...

Monroe police are searching for a man who robbed an armored-car guard Tuesday morning then fled with the money — down the Skykomish River on an inner tube.

Live coverage of a speech by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama at an outdoor rally in LaCrosse, Wis.

Overshadowed a bit in the attention paid to vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin are the other women in the race -- the wives of the presidential candidates. Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are campaigning too, and contributing to the image

Minnesotans are seeing more Senate campaign ads than ever before, thanks to Republican and Democratic candidates flush with campaign cash. Analysts say most of the ads are negative and that they are not designed to educate voters.

Starting today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin implementing a redesigned naturalization test that strives to be more meaningful.

The St. Paul City Council will hear today from two high profile attorneys who are leading a review of police actions during the RNC.

Democratic presidential candidate BarackObama says it's time for Congress "to take some clear action" ona financial rescue for Wall Street.

A month ago, in the afterglow of the GOP convention, the buzz on John McCain's surprise decision to tap Sarah Palin as his running mate was largely positive. Following her successful entry onto the national stage, however, Palin has struggled.

The French anti-doping authority has thrown down a challenge to the seven-time Tour de France champion, proposing he agree to retesting of his 1999 urine samples to see whether a French newspaper was right when it reported they contained traces