United States votes in favor of passage
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the global arms trade...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is proposing a new investment into research to map the human brain in hopes of unlocking some of its mysteries.
The president planne...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s reluctance to give military aid to Syrian rebels may be explained, in part, in three words: Iranian nuclear weapons.
For the first ...
N. Korea vows to restart reactor
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said today it will escalate production of nuclear weapons material, including restarting a long-shuttere...
He celebrates 1st Easter Mass
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis marked Christianity’s most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunda...
SEOUL, South Korea — In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. today took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable...
First lady shown as a hard-liner
BEIJING — A photograph of China's new first lady Peng Liyuan in younger days, singing to martial-law troops following the 1989 bloody mil...
JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa’s first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection...
RIO DE JANEIRO — One minute, Renata Glasner is watching the waves crash on Leblon beach from her wheelchair. The next, she’s plowing through the turbulent waters, riding...
Amanda Knox back in spotlight
SEATTLE — Since Amanda Knox was acquitted of murder in Italy, she has tried to return to the life she knew before becoming an international ...
