In a 74-second audio recording obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden threatens to kill every American captured by al-Qaeda if 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheik Mohammed is executed.

An overheating problem caused the servers of Wikipedia to shut themselves down to avoid damage causing access blockage for almost two hours.

Military officials said tear-gas like grenades made from “bhut jolokia” or “ghost chili,” which is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the hottest variety of the spice in the planet, have passed initial tests.

A New York-based dealer of historical documents is selling an original copy of the so-called Schindler’s List, which saved more than 1000 Jews from being sent to Nazi death camps in 1945.

A volcano in Iceland that was covered by an icecap of a glacier started erupting last Saturday, March 20, and scientists are flying to the area to check if it is already safe for evacuated local residents.

Pope Benedict XVI said he shares the “dismay and sense of betrayal” that many members of the Irish catholic church have felt after it was revealed that several priests sexually abused young children in the past.

Israeli war planes fired at several targets in the Gaza Strip in an apparent retaliation to a rocket attack that killed a Thai migrant worker on Thursday.

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved the President Umaru Yar’Adua-appointed Cabinet in a move seen as the acting president’s way to assert power.

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all! Today (March 17) millions of people in many parts of the world will go green and celebrate this holiday with parades, good cheer, and perhaps a glass of Guinness.

Riots erupted in east Jerusalem Tuesday as Palestinians hurled rocks and smoke bombs at Israeli police to protest the reopening of a synagogue after more than 60 years.