NAIROBI, Kenya – One of Kenya’s most famous white aristocrats was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the shooting of a black poacher, a case that underlined sharp divisions over land, race and privilege in the African country. Thomas Cholmondeley, 40, was originally charged with murder over the 2006 shooting of …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran blamed the U.S. and Israel on Friday for a bombing in a Shiite mosque in southeast Iran that killed 25 people, saying the countries were trying to stoke sectarian tension with the Sunni Muslim minority. Iran has repeatedly accused the U.S. and other Western countries of …

Africans have more genetic variation than anyone else on Earth, according to a new study that helps narrow the location where humans first evolved, probably near the South Africa-Namibia border. The largest study of African genetics ever undertaken also found that nearly three-fourths of African-Americans can trace their ancestry to …

Two 10-year-old boys in the U.K. have been arrested over a claim of rape, according to Sky News. The alleged victim is an 8-year-old girl who was out playing with the boys on Tuesday. She went with them to a park where she says she was sexually assaulted, Sky News …

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes a Holocaust denier. The Vatican said the three-hour talks with a …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian authorities have barred a French journalist from entering the North African country, announcing Wednesday — four days before presidential and legislative elections — that she was blocked at the airport on grounds she is hostile to the regime. Florence Beauge, a reporter specializing in North African …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Palestinian health officials reported no injuries. The army says Saturday’s strikes were in response to a mortar shell and a …

They may seem cool to teenagers and young adults, but having your tongue pierced can be deadly, BBC News reported. A 22-year-old man died of multiple brain abscesses just weeks after piercing his tongue, according to a report in the Archives of Neurology. According to doctors, an infection can spread …

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” October 12, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: Hours before the Senate Finance Committee will vote on their very important health care bill and after months of …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Text messages between a woman and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair made in the hours before police say she shot him to death and turned the gun on herself support authorities’ contention that she was spiraling out of control. Nashville police released the 50 text messages Monday …