US ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said test would be blatant violation of international obligations under Security Council resolutions.
Victoria Nuland the US State Department spokeswoman appealed to North Korea not to conduct a nuclear test or launch a satellite.
As UN prods Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stick to deadline for ceasing hostilities, clashes between the rebels and the government forces spill over border into Turkey and Lebanon.
Lucky ticket-holder comes forward but plans to stay anonymous, lottery officials say.
The rebels, refusing to recognise the Syrian regime, said they would not provide any written guarantee on laying down arms as sought by the government.
Obese women are likely to have children child with autism spectrum disorder or another developmental disorder.
The government bond markets could be weakened by July after the implementation of "Volcker Rule" in the U.S., said the Head of the U.K.'s Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday.
The world's biggest gay beauty pageant saw black Africans contesting for the first time, despite facing violent threats from their government.
Homophobes are a group of people who have negative feeling to homosexuality, but new research claims that homophobes are more attracted to the same sex.
Prayers and celebrations marked Easter across the world.
The Assad regime wants a written guarantee from the rebels to cease hostilities which they have rejected.
Inside the church, the first family was seated about six pews back from the pulpit.
North Korea is planning a third nuclear test, according to reports.
A bomb blast killed at least five people on Easter Sunday in the city of Kaduna in northern Nigeria.
The Pope also denounced the terrorist attack in Nigeria and prayed for coup-hit Mali.
Astronomers claim that this elephant face is created by lava.
"Life is stronger than death. Good is stronger than evil. Love is stronger than hate. Truth is stronger than lies," the Pope told the faithful at the packed St Peter's Basilica on Saturday night.
There has been no indication of survivors despite large-scale search operations.
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While the UN-backed ceasefire deadline is 12 April, the region has been witnessing severe bloodshed for the past few days.
Stem cells taken from women's ovaries can be used to create new eggs at labs, suggests a new study.
British security officials expect an increase in the activities of Russian spies in Britain during summer, when the Olympic Games and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations are to be held.
They were sentenced for violation of morality, and disturbing public order.
A killer malaria parasite has gained resistance to artemisinin drug which is one of the oldest and the best drugs to cure malaria.
Although Damascus has made an assurance that it will pull back by 12 April, few tanks have been withdrawn.
Siachen is the highest and the most expensive battle ground in the world.
The images shed more information on the heights of the thunderclouds and the rainfall rates coming from them, both of which indicate severity.
The announcement of the accord came hours after the rebels declared their independence.
Details of the father of the newborn are still unknown but the local media speculates it could be a 15-year-old boy or a 39-year-old man.
Giant panda males are reproductively viable only for six months in a year whereas the female are reproductively viable for only one or three days in a year.
