World population to reach 10.1 billion by 2100
U.N. population experts project the number of world's people will grow to 9.3 billion by 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100.
U.N. population experts project the number of world's people will grow to 9.3 billion by 2050 and 10.1 billion by 2100.
The eyes of the world will be turned to London as a commoner walks down the aisle, living the dream of thousands of girls, and marries a Prince.
A senior official at the U.N. nuclear agency is suggesting the worst may be over as far as radiation leaks at Japan's stricken reactor complex are concerned.
Students are returning to a Rio De Janeiro school less than two weeks after a man shot and killed 12 children.
A Mexican judge has ordered 16 police officers to remain detained for 40 days pending an investigation into their alleged involvement with the Zetas drug gang in a region where authorities have found a series of mass graves.
Sweden's Foreign Ministry says an American citizen was arrested in North Korea and Swedish diplomats are representing the U.S. in the case.
Mexico's Attorney General says a total of 116 bodies have been recovered from pits near the U.S. border. That is 28 more than previously reported.
News reports say Japan has decided to raise the severity level of the crisis at its tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant to 7, the highest level and equal to the 1986 disaster at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union.
A magnitude 7.1 aftershock has raised the anxiety level in Japan. Shoppers emptied store shelves, while drivers waited in long lines for gasoline and nearly a half–million homes have been left without power after the latest tremor.
Officials at Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant say there's no immediate sign of new problems after a magnitude-7.4 aftershock rattled the nation's eastern coast.
Egypt's Public Prosecutor has charged the country's former Interior Minister and several other top security officials with murder and attempted murder for their roles in the deaths of protesters during mass anti-government demonstrations.
Japan's police agency says more than 9,500 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. Another 16,000 are missing.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire is lighting up the skies over Tripoli and the sound of loud explosions is echoing through the Libyan capital after nightfall.
The Roman Catholic Church says the Cuban government will release the last two political prisoners held since 2003.
Japan's police agency says more than 8,800 people are dead after an earthquake and tsunami. Another 12,600 are missing.
The World Health Organization says Japan needs to act quickly and ban food sales from areas around the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Plant if the food there is found to contain excessive levels of radiation.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron says coalition forces have neutralized Libyan air defenses and helped avert a bloodbath in the North African country.
Japan's police agency says more than 6,900 are dead and more 10,700 are missing after last week's earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's nuclear safety agency says it's raised the severity rating of the country's nuclear crisis after discovering evidence of a partial meltdown.
A rebel group in Ethiopia is appealing for international aid in an ethnically Somali region where the group says drought and a government ban on international aid groups have led to the deaths of children and the elderly.
Japan's Transport Ministry says it has imposed a no-fly zone over a 20-mile radius around the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant.
Hospital authorities say they have treated a 3-year-old child for alcoholism.
Bahrain is the scene of frenzied clashes today between protesters and a Saudi-led military force.
A top Israeli naval commander says a cargo ship intercepted at sea was carrying Chinese-made land-to-sea missiles, and there is strong evidence Iran was behind the delivery.
Earthquake struck the central, mountainous part of the country hours after a massive quake hit off the country's northeastern coast.
