Reuters

Reports of fighting between police and soldiers added to upheaval in the embattled Helmand province.

The marathon filibuster easily surpassed a 58-hour session by 103 members of Canada's New Democratic Party in 2011, making it the world's longest, according to reports.

The three officers were responding to a domestic incident 15 miles from Washington, D.C.

Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) is on the hook for $5.2 billion in payments to bondholders in 2016.

“The babies being born in America today are the luckiest crop in history,” Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren Buffett says, in spite of all the negativity spewed by White House hopefuls.

The government says a truck bomb was detonated close to the entrance of a park near the Somali Youth League Hotel in Mogadishu.

Net income climbed to $5.48 billion, or $3,333 per Class A share, from $4.16 billion, or $2,529 per share, a year earlier.

The assembly chooses the country's highest authority, the supreme leader.

Boris Johnson, who is widely thought to be keen to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron, also ruled out chances of a second referendum.

The rebel group called the alleged assault Saturday a breach of the cessation of hostilities plan that came into effect at midnight Friday.

The death toll from the category 5 storm remains at 42, but that figure is expected to rise.

Speaking in the U.S. on Friday, President Paul Kagame contended he was following the will of his people by remaining in office.

An internal memo came after the company warned employees that job cuts were necessary for the company to remain viable, Reuters reported.

A dam burst in November at a mine site killed 19, forced hundreds from their homes and polluted one of the country's main rivers.

Winners of races for Parliament and the Assembly of Experts will determine the power balance as the Islamic nation enters its post-sanctions era.

Hackers tried to gain access to information for about 390,000 more taxpayers through a “Get Transcript” online application.

Officials at the University of California campus said there was no immediate evidence that attackers took any personal information.

A man called authorities Friday morning and said he had shot two children, a woman and another person, a report said.

A combined company would have almost $100 billion in annual sales, and double-digit earnings growth after slashing costs, Honeywell estimated.

Dow Chemical settled a price-fixing dispute Friday, rather than risk having the case decided by an eight-justice U.S. Supreme Court.

Crude prices were up from the start of the week after data showed a slide in shale output and strong gasoline demand in the United States.

Apple reintroduced a regular cash dividend in 2012 after not paying one since 1995. Last year’s was $1.98 per share, amounting to $11.4 billion.

Orders for an action figure of the presidential candidate, complete with his signature slouch, open mouth and accusatory pointed finger, flood in from fans.

Ahead of Sunday's (February 28) Oscars ceremony, fashion commentators are gearing up for the Hollywood event of the year.

A diverse array of films make up this year's Oscar-nominated Animated Features, including Disney Pixar's "Inside Out", and "When Marnie Was There", a Japanese film that may be the last for an acclaimed Tokyo production house.

Five countries - Jordan, France, Hungary, Colombia and Denmark - go head to head on Oscar night for the Best Foreign Language Film award. Rollo Ross reports.

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the tests send a message to strategic rivals like Russia, China and North Korea that Washington has an effective nuclear arsenal.

Three soldiers were also killed when the forces seized the bastion of an affiliate of Jemaah Islamiah, a Southeast Asian network of Islamic militants.

The country's top court ruled that their detentions last November, which drew international condemnation, had violated their rights.