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 ...
TOKYO — On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, its polluti...
JERUSALEM — Wrapping up a three day visit to Israel, President Barack Obama paid respects to the nation’s heroes and to victims of the Holocaust, solemnly reaffirming th...
He emphasizes importance of peace deal
RAMALLAH, West Bank — U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian officials on the second day of his Mideast tour to emphasi...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass today to protect the environment, the w...
Pope tells why he picked name
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered intimate insights Saturday into the moments after his papal election, telling an audience with the press...
