In 1998, a hacker told Congress he could bring down the internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw - and it's still not fixed.

New York's citizens are on high alert, with police called in to defuse a chilly bin and someone's lunch.

World shares markets have kept plunging overnight, as fears about Greece's debt problems fail to subside.

Pakistan's Taleban chief promised attacks on major US cities in a video released after the failed car bomb attempt in New York, a monitoring group said.

Fisherman and seafaring residents of the Louisiana shoreline despair as a vast oil slick approaches.

Humanitarian help has become a huge industry, buffering corrupt regimes and perpetuating war, claims the author of a new book.

Questions are sure to be raised about a self-policing system that trusted a commercial oil operator to take care of its own mishap.

Increases in terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan triggered a spike in the number of civilians killed or wounded there last year.

Smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet can collectively age you by 12 years.

President outlines plans to slice up the banks, reduce profits and bring cheer to taxpayers

A prophet is not without honour, said Jesus, save in his own country.