Balanced News Blog

In the 50 years that Grant Goodman has known and corresponded with a colleague in the Philippines he never had any reason to suspect that their friendship was anything but spectacularly ordinary.

But now he believes that the relationship has …

Britain indefinitely closed its embassy in Jordan because of the danger of a terrorist attack, the Foreign Office said Saturday.

The commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has been found shot dead in a hotel room.

The Miami Heat were without Dwyane Wade and Jason Williams because of injuries for Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns.

A massive fire Friday destroyed a landmark South Side church where Mahalia Jackson and other gospel royalty often sang during the 20th century and the man considered the father of gospel music led the choir.

A Sri Lankan Navy fast attack craft (FAC) with 15 sailors on board sank in the early hours of Saturday after a heavy explosion, defense officials said.

Five people were killed and 22 injured after a man set off a bomb in a courtroom in far western China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

One of the four London suicide bombers left behind savings of $212,460, a court-service spokesman said Friday.

Shehzad Tanweer, 22, who police said killed seven commuters on a subway car July 7 near Aldgate station in east London…

Microsoft Corp. has shut down the Internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues, including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper.

The action came amid criticism by free-speech activists of foreign technology companies that help the …

A poll offers warning signs for Republicans in November’s elections. The AP-Ipsos poll finds Americans lean heavily toward giving Democrats control of Congress.