A roadside bomb exploded in a restive suburb of the Syrian capital as senior U.N. officials toured the area on Sunday, blowing off the front of a parked vehicle but causing no casualties.

Facebook resumes trading on Wall Street on Monday with shares being closely watched to see how well they stand on their own after stumbling out of the gate in a historic but lackluster debut.

Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.

A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday.

Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate ...

Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am flight from New York to London as it flew over Lockerbie, [...]

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on "This Week" for sending a fundraising email that attempted to capitalize on the apparently dead advertising plan to link President Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, stood by his call insisting that any increase in the debt limit should be offset by greater cuts in spending and tax reform before the end of the year, saying that working toward an agreement now would improve the economy.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.

At least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]

Prosecutors said Sunday they have charged two more people as part their investigation into activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit.

A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years ? a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.

The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle when the moon slides across the sun, creating a "ring of fire."

A hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the Islamic republic.

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons.

Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling dolphin cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

At least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]

Bloomberg

Japan launches rocket with first foreign satellite BusinessWeek A rocket has lifted off in Japan in the country's first commercial launch of a foreign satellite -- one from South Korea designed to monitor the environment. The HII-A rocket lifted off from a remote southwestern Japan island carrying the South Korean ... Japan Launches South Korean Satellite Into OrbitVoice of America Japan Jumps Into Global Satellite-Launch CompetitionDefense Update Japan Launches Space-Cargo PushWall Street Journal The Daily Yomiuri -Bloomberg -Spaceflight Now all 278 news articles »

AFP

Ring of Fire: How Japan sees it Embedded.com I'm not an eclipse chaser and I wasn't even aware of all this hoo-ha 'til last week at LAX when I bumped into a geophysicist ? who was on route to a GeoScience conference in Japan. In the airport lounge, Jeffery Love, US Geological Survey advisor for ... East Asia, western US await 'ring of fire' eclipseSan Francisco Chronicle Japan readies for 'ring' solar eclipseAFP all 1,875 news articles »

A diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years ? a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit.

A hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the Islamic republic.

Japanese Retail Investors Fund ADB Clean Energy Projects CleanTechnica There are signs that there's healthy demand on the part of retail and professional private sector investors, particularly in Japan, in helping finance the transition to clean, renewable energy. This past week the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sold $339 ... and more »

Japan Faces Power Outages, Residents Urged To Conserve Energy RedOrbit A Japanese government panel warned that there could be power outages this summer if three Japanese utilities do not get much needed energy from nuclear reactors that have been on shutdown since the Fukushima crisis more than a year ago. Japan faces a long, hot, nuclear-free summerThe Japan Times all 2 news articles »

Prosecutors said Sunday they have charged two more people as part their investigation into activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit.

After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons.

AFP

Japan need to improve, says coach Jones AFP TOKYO ? Japan head coach Eddie Jones has urged his squad to strengthen their scrum and boost their fitness before the Asian champions defend the Pacific Nations Cup next month. "We need to get far better in the scrum," the former Wallaby coach said ... Japan claim fifth straight Asian titleNinemsn Japan trounces Hong Kong to win Asian 5 NationsSI.com Japan beat Hong Kong for five nations winVoxy Mainichi Daily News all 41 news articles »

Independent Online

Japan to pay up at R1m a day Independent Online Picture: Neil Baynes The Japanese owner of the ill-fated Eihatsu Maru, expected to arrive in Cape Town today after the vessel was successfully towed off Clifton First Beach on Friday, was apparently delayed by visa issues. But fears that the estimated ... Japan govt: Trawler owners must co-operateNews24 all 4 news articles »

The western United States and eastern Asia will be treated this weekend to a rare solar spectacle when the moon slides across the sun, creating a "ring of fire."

Boston.com

Gateway symbolizes school's ties to Japan Boston.com ?Today we gather to dedicate our beautiful Japanese gate,? D'Amico cheerfully announced to the crowd attending the ceremony. But then, her voice dropped as she recalled another day more than a year earlier. ?We all remember the terrible hours and days ...

Zee News

Adi Godrej leadingCEOs team to Japan Hindu Business Line The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising a 19-member CEOs' delegation visit to Japan as part of the celebration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. ?The intensity of involvement or engagement from Japan in ... India-Japan trade to touch USD 25 billion by 2014: StudyTimes of India all 6 news articles »

AFP

Japan Urges Power Usage Cuts As Nuclear Plants Still Offline Wall Street Journal By Hiroyuki Kachi and Mitsuru Obe Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--The Japanese government on Friday asked households and business across most of the country to conserve electricity this summer on the assumption that all of the nation's ... Japan seeks 15 pct summer power savings in westReuters Japanese Asked To Conserve Electricity As Local Politicians Block Nuclear RestartInternational Business Times JAPAN LITE Reasons I don't buy a nuclear restartThe Japan Times Stars and Stripes -AFP -UPI.com all 176 news articles »

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided.

Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling dolphin cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner.

Stuff.co.nz

73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest San Jose Mercury News By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA AP FILE - In this Thursday, May 9, 2002 file photo, Tamae Watanabe, right, of Japan poses with a photograher Noriyuki Muraguchi at a base camp on the foot of Mt. Everest in Nepal. A 73-year-old Watanabe has climbed Mount Everest, ... Oldest Woman To Summit Everest Breaks Record A Second TimeNPR (blog) 73-year-old woman scales Mount EverestStuff.co.nz 73-year-old woman summits Everestgulfnews.com all 490 news articles »