LOS ANGELES – Football season started early as Mark Wahlberg’s “ Invincible ,” a Walt Disney tale about a real-life walk-on who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970s, debuted as the top weekend movie with $17 million. The previous No. 1 flick, New Line Cinema’s “Snakes on a …

LONDON – British authorities charged a man with violating the country’s terrorism law Thursday, bringing to 12 the number of people formally charged in the alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound commercial flights, police said. Umair Hussain, 24, was charged by prosecutors with having information about a possible terrorist act …

WASHINGTON – Venezuela could play an “important and useful role” should it choose to help carry out a transition to democracy in Cuba after almost 50 years of one-party rule, a senior State Department official said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, speaking to reporters, said Venezuela has an …

LAGOS, Nigeria – A four-story apartment building collapsed overnight in Nigeria‘s commercial capital, and Red Cross officials helping pull survivors out of the rubble Wednesday said at least 14 people were killed. Up to 180 people were believed to have been inside in the building, located in a poor Lagos …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Europe’s competition watchdog plans to fine Microsoft (MSFT) up to 3 million euros ($3.8 million) a day if the U.S. software giant continues to defy a landmark antitrust decision, a diplomatic source said on Monday. The source spoke as European competition regulators met to endorse a separate …

LONDON – Flames scorched Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne‘s English country mansion Thursday morning, the result of a faulty lamp, the fire service said. Neither the couple nor their children, Amy, Jack and Kelly, were at the house in Jordans, 26 miles west of London, when the fire occurred, a family …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka‘s government said Monday it has no plans to withdraw from its cease-fire with Tamil Tiger rebels despite a regional Tiger leader declaring the accord dead because of an army assault on rebel territory. The army forces in northeastern Trincomalee made slow progress in their …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – An Israeli airstrike targeted a car Sunday night carrying Hamas militants near Gaza City, wounding five people, including an 8-year-old girl, the army and Palestinian health officials said. None of the injuries was life threatening. The army said the five militants escaped from the car. …

It’s been a fascinating series of shows as we watch a war unfold before our eyes. It reminds me of Iraq and Afghanistan in years prior. What’s different about this war is that the United States is not in it. FOX News’ Bill Hemmer and Shep Smith have joined our …

KINSHASA – Thirteen people, including one soldier, were killed Friday in political violence as campaigning began for Congo‘s first competitive elections in decades, a human rights worker said. Demonstrators in the eastern city of Matadi attacked and killed the soldier before troops retaliated firing on the crowd, killing 12 civilians …