A man who believed his sister's home was being broken into shot and killed his teenage son, who was wearing a mask and carrying a knife, a newspaper reported Friday.Jeffrey Giuliano, 44, went to his sister's home with a gun early Thursday after she called to say someone suspicious was trying to break in. Police told the Hartford Courant that when Giuliano arrived he saw someone dressed all in blac

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, Japanese Foreign Minister, Koichiro Gemba and Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, right, pose for photographers while attending a meeting in New York, on Friday. (AP-Yonhap)The top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan opened a three-way meeting here on Friday as Washington apparently seeks to help diffuse tensions between

 A group of South Korean scientists have discovered what could be a significant source of neurological disorders, such as depression, and may lead to the development of better treatment for such illnesses, the science ministry said Saturday.The team led by Lee Chang-joon, a researcher from the Korea Institute of Science & Technology, confirmed for the first time in the world that non-neuronal cell

A local court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Kim Hee-jung, a former presidential secretary in personal affairs, for receiving money from the management of ailing savings bank. The Seoul Central District Court granted Kim’s detention for allegedly receiving some 100 million won from Lim Suk, chairman of Solomon Savings Bank from 2009 to 2010 in exchange for peddling his influence in rescui

 SEATTLE (AP) -- Ichiro Suzuki bowed twice to the fans and promptly smacked a single to center.Sayonara, Seattle. Hello, Yankees.Suzuki switched teams at Safeco Field after a momentous trade and singled his first time up with New York during its 4-1 victory over the Mariners on Monday night.''Obviously, it looks different being over here,'' Suzuki said through a translator. ''I was worried about m

North Korea said Monday it will continue its space development efforts for "peaceful purposes," repeating its stance in defiance of the international community's call for an end to any action that could ratchet up ongoing tensions.   In an interview carried in English by the (North) Korean Central News Agency, a spokesperson from North Korea's Foreign Ministry also vowed the country would strength

Prosecutors said Monday they have indicted a North Korean female on charges of violating South Korea's National Security Law, in the latest spy case in South Korea.   The agent of the North's State Security Ministry entered South Korea last year by disguising herself as a North Korean defector, according to prosecutors.   The 45-year-old suspect circulated some US$570,000 in counterfeit US$100 bil

An Islamic center and mosque in Timbuktu. Islamists have destroyed a mosque door which has been closed for centuries due to local beliefs that to open it will bring misfortune. (AFP)Mali's Islamist rebels smashed the entrance of a 15th century Timbuktu mosque on Monday, escalating a campaign of destruction of the city's cultural treasures despite threats of prosecution for war crimes.Some resident

Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power.Mubarak is the first Arab leader to be tried by his own people in the country.The sentence was handed down Saturday in a Cairo court.Also given a life term for the killings was Mubarak's form

One by one, courts around America are deciding it's no longer slander to falsely call someone gay _ a measure of how attitudes are changing in the era of same-sex marriage and gays in uniform.While ``gay'' is still widely wielded as an insult, some judges have concluded that it is not damaging to anyone's reputation, just as calling a white man black is no longer grounds for legal action as it was

South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed to strengthen cooperation in policy setting to better deter North Korean aggression, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.The ministry said the understanding was reached during a meeting of senior defense ministers at the two-day-long 11th Asia Security Summit under way in Singapore.South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, U.S. Secretary of Def

China has detained a top security official for passing sensitive information to the United States in the highest-level spy case involving the two countries since the 1980s, reports said. Citing an unnamed "person with knowledge of the case," The New York Times said the official, who was arrested earlier this year, was believed to be an employee in the Ministry of State Security, China's main intel

The United States will shift the majority of its naval fleet to the Pacific by 2020 as part of a new strategic focus on Asia, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta told a summit in Singapore on Saturday. The decision to deploy more ships to the Pacific Ocean, along with expanding a network of military partnerships, was part of a "steady, deliberate" effort to bolster the US role in an area deemed vital to A

Park Jin-young Music mogul Park Jin-young celebrated the launch of his new Monster Diamond Tears headphones at a star-studded party at Hotel Ellui on Friday. Park, who sheads JYP Entertainment, suited up for the occasion, explaining why the high performance headset was special. "Nomally headphones are designed

Park Tae-hwan competes in a preliminary heat of the 100-meter freestyle at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swimming meet, Friday in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP)South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan won the 100-meter freestyle event at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix Friday, local time.The victory cleared ways for the "marine boy" to win the London Olympics scheduled in August, critics s

The U.N.'s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly  Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of global condemnation following a string of horrific massacres.Syria's most important ally and protector, Russia, voted against the measure by the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Russia has refused to support

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (AP)A young woman in Venezuela has been rewarded with a new home by President Hugo Chavez for becoming his 3 millionth follower on Twitter.Natalia Valdivieso posted celebratory messages on her Twitter account as she received her home Thursday, one of them reading: ``Thank you my home is very beautiful!'' She said there were about 200 families receiving public housi

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, HCMR, form up in the early hours of this morning Friday at the Palace of Westminster, London during the Queens Diamond Jubilee Procession rehearsal. The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royals souvenirs. The normal ebb

New York City plans to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to combat obesity.The proposed first-in-the-nation ban would impose a 16-ounce (.4-kilogram) limit on the size of sweetened drinks sold at restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues and street carts.Under three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city has campaigned aggressively against obesity, including outlawi

This framegrab image from NASA-TV shows the SpaceX Dragon capsule just after the capsule is backed away from the International Space Station and being repositioned for release later Thursday morning. (AP-Yonhap)The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station early Thursday and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight.Astronauts set the world's first commercial suppl