JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius has been running on his blades again and his return to regular training is imminent, his agent says.
It is the first time it has been conf...
PAJU, South Korea — North Korea today barred South Korean workers from entering a jointly run factory park just over the heavily armed border in the North, officials in ...
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...