Members of an anti-war group began gathering Friday with pink placards and banners outside of a controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center in Berkeley, Calif., where Code Pink had promised to use witchcraft to rally against the Iraq war.

When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top lieutenants convene the first meeting of the U.N.'s Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Monday, they should ask oil-rich member-states why they haven't been giving any aid.

A mother who allegedly drove her daughter to a fight with a classmate and then watched and cheered her on has been arrested in Florida on charges of child abuse.

As Clinton scrambled to convince voters — and contributors — that her campaign was alive, Obama added more superdelegates, edging closer to 'sealing the deal'

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Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of large areas of Beirut's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 14 dead, security officials said.

Canadian authorities have a train in northern Ontario under quarantine after one person died and several others came down with an undetermined illness.

Russians marked the defeat of Nazi Germany with return of tradition showcasing more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles.

It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day

Spain on Thursday formally laid claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500M in treasure, saying it has proof the 19th century ship was Spanish.

The Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children likely will face a murder charge that could bring a life sentence, the Daily Mail reported Friday.