At least seven people were killed and over 90 injured in a massive suicide bomb blast that shook Afghanistan early Saturday.

Children who used their phones more frequently, especially for predictive texting (the service that automatically complete words) finished tests sooner but with more incorrect answers, researchers said.

Around 600 people were feared to be buried in their homes in Southern Taiwan after torrential rains caused a massive mudslide, officials said Tuesday.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Tokyo, Japan on Sunday night local time.

Sonia Sotomayor made history Saturday when she was sworn in as America’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. She is only the third female justice in the court’s 220-year history.

World Health Organization (WHO) is set to release the first set of vaccines to fight H1N1 virus or more commonly known as “Swine Flu”. WHO said that the vaccines should be approved and ready for use in some countries by September this year.

Today, former Philippine President Corazon C. Aquino will be buried. President Cory Aquino’s eulogy was conducted at the Manila Cathedral and the Burial procession will be from the Cathedral to the Manila Memorial Park.

Today is US President Barack Obama’s birthday! He just turned 48.

After 3 years of taking the spot on Apple’s board of Directors, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt finally resigned on his position citing a conflict of interest.

The U.S. Defense Department announced early Sunday that the remains of the first American pilot shot down in the Gulf War nearly two decades ago have been found in Iraq.

An officer guarding Nelson Mandela’s home shot and killed himself Saturday. The former South African president was at home at the time of the incident, but, according to the police, he was not in any danger.