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Popular BitTorrent website the Pirate Bay went down Thursday night, with users reporting trouble with the Swedish site for longer than three hours.

A photo of President Barack Obama with a fly on his forehead was released Thursday by Reuters, and the photo and a video of the moment spread across the Internet faster than he could apparently move to swat the bug away.

After a few months of a relatively mild winter, on Thursday morning 12 states east of the Rocky Mountains saw temperatures fall below zero.

The leaders of the Hilton and Marriott hotel chains used the 2013 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to promote “smart visas.”

Hundreds of Twitter users believed a satirical New Yorker article claiming Republicans urged Obama to resign over Beyoncé's lip-syncing.

Haggis remains a popular dish in Scotland and with the global Scots diaspora.

Headley provided crucial information regarding LeT’s links to Pakistani military and intelligence officials.

A French court has ordered Twitter to hand over data for users accused of sending racist and anti-Semitic messages on the social network.

If you missed it, read the full text of Kerry's testimony during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State.

Here's a "who's who" to understanding the people, places and issues surrounding the Islamist counterinsurgency in Mali.

During his confirmation hearing on Thursday, U.S. Sen. John Kerry says a fiscally strong America is essential to foreign policy.

North Korea announced it will test a nuclear missile aimed at the U.S., and China may be the only power able to put a stop to it.

The list of the world's most visited cities, as measured by international arrivals, includes several surprises.

Obama raised eyebrows recently when word leaked he had been privately saying "Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are."

The acting leader of Venezuela said infiltrators are plotting violence, then headed off to Havana to meet his convalescing boss.

The swings in claims may reflect challenges adjusting the data during the holiday period and at the start of quarters.

Chemical maker Huntsman will trim its European manufacturing payroll to make its Advanced Materials division more efficient.

U.S. policies on drones in Pakistan are setting the U.S. up for long-term failure, said two experts at the Council on Foreign Relations

India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has imposed a two weeks ban on the screening of a new big budget multi-starrer movie following protests from Muslim organizations.

Arckaringa Basin could be sitting on the equivalent of anywhere between 3.5 billion and 233 billion barrels of oil.

The Philippine Congress approved a bill late Wednesday awarding compensation to thousands of victims of martial law during former President Ferdinand Marcos’ rule.