Israel's Attorney General says no charges will be brought against prison staff who supervised a security detainee who killed himself.

A mass Internet monitoring program touted by Britain's government as a terror-fighting tool is unworkable, the country's deputy leader said Thursday, vowing that it would not become law.

The head of the armed wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) says fighters will begin to withdraw from Turkey in early May.

Israeli air force has shot down Hezbollah drone over Israeli skies, military officials say.

Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016.

Amid the celebration surrounding the opening of son George W. Bush's presidential library Thursday, former first lady Barbara Bush brushed aside talk of a Jeb Bush run for the White House in 2016.

Of three ricin-laced letters mailed this month to public officials, only one made it into the hands of an intended target, 80-year-old Mississippi judge Sadie Holland.

A top European Central Bank official warned Thursday that another interest rate cut might not be much help for eurozone countries in recession - because already low rates are not getting through to businesses and consumers.

A top European Central Bank official warned Thursday that another interest rate cut might not be much help for eurozone countries in recession - because already low rates are not getting through to businesses and consumers.

By Alissa de Carbonnel MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - The father of two men suspected of carrying out the Boston bombings said on Thursday he would travel from Russia to the United States to bury his elder son. Anzor Tsarnaev and former wife Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, sitting side by side in the southern Russian city of Makhachkala, denied their sons had planted the bombs at the Boston marathon which killed three people and wounded 264, saying they had been framed. Banging the table in front of him, Anzor said: "I am going to the United States. ...

Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some wearing surgical masks, wreck a car with hammers and axes. One sets fire to a plastic bag filled with a greenish powder and a stack of cards that read: "Aroma. Smoking mixes."

Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some wearing surgical masks, wreck a car with hammers and axes. One sets fire to a plastic bag filled with a greenish powder and a stack of cards that read: "Aroma. Smoking mixes."

A pro-Kurdish news agency is quoting a Kurdish rebel commander as saying his group will begin withdrawing thousands of its guerrilla fighters from Turkey on May 5.

Facebook says that an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with federal regulators.

Six men who set off on a backcountry tour in mountains west of Denver had avalanche gear, had scanned an avalanche forecast, and were hiking toward a safer area to snowboard when they felt a collapse and heard a "whumpf."

Among the 10,000 people expected to be in attendance as the George W. Bush Presidential Library is dedicated in Dallas are heads of state and former members of the Bush administration.

The parent of United Airlines reported a smaller first-quarter loss on Thursday, as fuel costs declined and revenue rose 1 percent.

Russia's only independent election monitoring group was fined 300,000 rubles ($10,000) on Thursday for failing to register as a foreign agent - the first enforcement by Russian authorities of a much-disputed law.

The 25th annual National Geographic Traveller Photo competition