WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.

A private space capsule called Dragon soared into the predawn sky Tuesday, riding a pillar of flame like its beastly namesake on a history-making trip to the International Space Station.

A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Northern California teenager Sierra LaMar, who vanished over two months ago.

A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Northern California teenager Sierra LaMar, who vanished over two months ago.

A passenger train rammed into a freight train before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 15 people in the collision and fire, officials said.

Robot “fish” developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon on Tuesday.

Climbers have reported seeing another body on Mount Everest, raising the death toll to four for one of the worst days ever on the world’s highest mountain.

Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they’re doing worse than better under the Obama presidency, but Mitt Romney hasn’t made the case he’d be an improvement, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.

Americans are nearly twice as likely to say they’re doing worse than better under the Obama presidency, but Mitt Romney hasn’t made the case he’d be an improvement, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll.