Pope Benedict is thinking about stepping down due to health issues.

U.S. President Obama says he aims to end major U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan by 2014.

U.S. President Obama invokes the legacy of Ronald Reagan in his effort to push Senate Republicans to back the START treaty with Russia.

Devotees throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath in Pushkar Lake in India’s northwestern state of Rajasthan.

One of the miners father talks.

Two suicide bicycle bombs kill four people in Afghanistan, as NATO leaders meet in Portugal to discuss the country’s future.

A new exhibition in Mexico presents mostly unseen films and photographs of the Mexican Revolution which began in 1910.

No communication yet with 29 trapped miners in NZ coal mine, as affected families and friends face an agonising wait.

Californians are casting ballots next week on a proposition to legalize limited use of marijuana.