Have you seen the Obama “I Pledge” video? Well, parents are outraged after a Utah elementary school showed the clip to schoolchildren, which consists of celebrities pledging support for the president’s policies.

An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a small tsunami and causing panic in some cities.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told a news conference Monday that he will resign as head of the nation’s ruling party after a crushing defeat in Sunday’s parliamentary election.

Space shuttle Discovery lifted off just before midnight Friday from the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Atlantic coast, carrying nearly 8,000 kilograms of equipment for the International Space Station.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, the youngest brother of the famous U.S. political dynasty, has died aged 77. His death comes just two weeks after his sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, passed away.

Two months after the King of Pop was found unconscious, a search warrant of his doctor’s office revealed Monday what had long been suspected—that MJ was given “lethal levels” of a powerful anesthetic.

Reality TV star Ryan Alexander Jenkins, who was being sought over the murder of his model wife Jasmine Fiore, has been found dead in an apparent suicide inside a motel in Canada.

Senior North Korean envoys delivered a message from Kim Jong-il to South Korea’s president in a meeting on Sunday. The message was likely the first direct communication between the two leaders.

At least 95 people were killed and almost 600 wounded as six large explosions rocked Baghdad Wednesday morning. The coordinated attacks marked the nation’s bloodiest day since the U.S. pulled its combat troops from cities and towns nearly two months ago and left security in the hands of Iraqi forces.

South Korea on Wednesday postponed the launch of its first space rocket 8 minutes before the scheduled liftoff because of technical problems.

Hundreds of men suspected of homosexual conduct have been tortured and executed in Iraq in recent months, some by the country’s militia forces, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.