Speaking recently to a heavily NASA-populated crowd in Florida, the 68-year-old Republican contender promised to build a permanent U.S. moon base by the end of the decade…if he’s elected president.

Remember all those North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of dictator Kim Jong-il? Those who cried, but without conviction, are being sentenced to at least six months in a labor-training camp, according to an online newspaper based in South Korea.

Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died on Saturday at the age of 69, the country’s state television reported on Monday.

Flash floods caused by a tropical storm devastated two major cities and several towns in southern Philippines on Friday, leaving at least 450 people dead with many more reported missing.

More than 5,000 people have reportedly been killed in a months-long uprising in Syria, the United Nations human rights chief said.

Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party was handed a rude wake-up call on Sunday when it lost close to 80 seats in Parliamentary elections that international observers say was fraught with widespread irregularities.

Egyptians began trooping to polling places on Monday as the country started holding its first election since longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was forced out of office in February this year.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh reportedly signed a Gulf Cooperation Council-brokered deal on Wednesday that will end his more than three-decade rule and bring peace to the Middle Eastern country.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been arrested by militias in the country’s southern desert.

It’s somehow similar to that of the iTunes, but Google will allow musicians to create their own profiles and upload and sell music through the store, with the search giant taking a 30 per cent commission.