WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy destroyer has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected pirates just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep its...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A hot air balloon carrying 11 people turned into a tower of “sheer flame” Saturday after hitting power lines in a rural area of New Zealand, ki...
CAMBRIDGE, England — British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has m...
APIA, Samoa — Cheers erupted in the streets of Samoa on Sunday as New Year’s Eve revelers on the South Pacific island nation greeted the start of 2012 with extra excitem...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Even people who think caviar is to die for might lose their appetite when it's stored in a hospital morgue.
But that's where St. Petersburg poli...
His new title is Great Leader
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea warned the world today there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s government afte...
Island nation skips Friday
APIA, Samoa — The weekend came sooner than usual for the tiny South Pacific island nation of Samoa.
When the clock struck midnight Thursday, th...
Visitors stand in a church built of snow and ice in Mitterfirmiansreut, southern Germany, on Wednesday evening.
The 65-foot-long church was bathed in blue light as it o...
Kim Jong Un ready to lead
PYONGYANG, North Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang today, wailing and clutching their chests as a ...
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber set off a car bomb today at a checkpoint leading to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, killing six people and injuring 32 others, officials said.
Th...
