MUMBAI, India – Pakistan‘s spy agency masterminded the July 11 train bombings that killed more than 200 people in the Indian city of Mumbai, the top police officer in charge of the investigation alleged Saturday. Pakistan immediately denied the accusations. Mumbai police Commissioner A.N. Roy said the attacks were planned …

KOROLYOV, Russia – The space capsule carrying a new U.S.-Russian crew and the first paying female space tourist docked smoothly Wednesday at the international space station. Officials at Russia’s Mission Control applauded as the ship carrying Iranian-born American telecommunications entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin and U.S. astronaut Michael …

DARMSTADT, Germany – Europe‘s first spacecraft to the moon ended its three-year mission Sunday with a planned crash, hitting its target after ground controllers had to maneuver it around a looming crater rim. The SMART-1 spacecraft slammed into volcanic plain called the Lake of Excellence at 1 1/4 miles per …

NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of people rallied in cities across the world Sunday to protest the violence in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan, and urge world leaders to intervene to resolve the conflict. Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in New York City, religious leaders gathered outside …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” September 27, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: Today’s big political story: Someone leaked part of the National Intelligence Estimate and now it’s the biggest battle on Capitol Hill after The New York Times …

JUNEAU, Alaska – Federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska lawmakers Thursday in an investigation of large oil field services company, officials said. The company named in the search warrant was VECO Corp., an Anchorage-based oil field services and construction company, said Tam Cook, the Legislature’s top …

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks fell Thursday as signs of housing-market weakness and worries about the outlook for interest rates made investors uneasy about prospects for consumer spending and corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 74.76 points, or 0.66 percent, at 11,331.44. The Standard & Poor’s 500 …

HAPEVILLE, Ga. – With little fanfare, the last Taurus sedan rolled off the Ford assembly line Friday as production ceased and 1,950 employees lost their jobs. The Atlanta Assembly Plant had been producing cars since 1947 and in the last five years it was ranked as one of the top …

LONDON – Brian May traded rock ‘n’ roll for the big bang as he launched a book about the origins of the universe. May, who abandoned doctoral studies in astronomy to play guitar with `70s rock legends Queen, has returned to his first love as a co-author of the book …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan authorities seized over 16 tons of drugs in the past 10 days in operations targeting smugglers in seven provinces, Afghanistan’s top counter-narcotics official said Saturday. Lt. Gen. Mohammed Daoud Daoud said the seizures included seven tons of opium, eight tons of marijuana and just over one …