Major Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist blamed for killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a Texas Army base, has emerged from a coma and is talking to medical staff, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
Defective speed probes were responsible for the crash of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic while it was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, a report by an Air France pilots' union - due to be handed to investigators this week - concludes.
An Argentine judge has charged former President Carlos Menem with obstruction of the investigation of a 1994 bombing that targeted Jewish charity groups and killed 85 people. Menem also faces separate arms-trafficking charges.
Renault is launching a criminal investigation against Nelson Piquet Jr. (photo) and his father after they accused the team of race-fixing during the 2008 Singapore GP so his teammate Fernando Alonso could win.
The US said on Tuesday that it could take months to investigate fraud allegations and release the final results of Afghanistan's Aug. 20 presidential vote. The poll giving victory to incumbent Hamid Karzai needs to be seen as legitimate.
The FIA's World Motor Sport Council has summoned Renault for an extraordinary hearing on September 21 in order to decide whether the constructor caused a deliberate crash in last year's Singapore Grand Prix to help driver Fernando Alonso win.
Michael Jackson's death by "acute intoxication" from the anaesthetic drug propofol has been ruled a homicide by the LA county coroner, fuelling speculation that charges may be brought against the personal physician who administered the drug.
Today on the Net: In Gabon, the campaign for the August 30 presidential election is in full swing online; US Net users investigate an attempted homicide; and a Lego animation pays tribute to the very first video games.
More confusion surrounding the circumstances of pop idol Michael Jackson's death. Police investigators are looking into the star's medical records, and the relationship between the Jackson's personal doctor and physicians.
In a report published Thursday, the Israeli government has, for the first time, admitted to using “munitions containing white phosphorus” during its December 2008-January 2009 military offensive in Gaza.
