HAVANA - Talks toward a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations seemed to be a real possibility after the new presidents of both countries reached out to each other with surprisingl...
U.S. will fight illegal arms flow
MEXICO CITY - Confronting a Mexican drug war that is "sowing chaos in our communities," President Barack Obama signaled Thursday he will...
Navy escorts ship after close call
MOMBASA, Kenya Somali pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship managed ...
ROME The region in central Italy ravaged by an earthquake more than a week ago will need at least $16 billion for rebuilding, the country's interior minister said.
As s...
HAVANA For Olguita Sierra, the shift in U.S. policy allowing Cuban-Americans to make unlimited trips and money transfers to the island came a month too late.
The 72-yea...
3 more ships hit in Gulf of Aden
MOMBASA, Kenya Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked three more ships...
WASHINGTON Adm. William Gortney said today that it took only three shots for Navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a life...
Snipers kill pirates; retaliation threatened
NAIROBI, Kenya Bracing themselves on a rolling warship in choppy seas, U.S. Navy snipers fired three flawless shots to kill ...
A Philadelphia cable network's early morning broadcast of Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different a 30-second "Girls Gone Wild...
NAIROBI, Kenya U.S. warships are trying to stop Somali pirates from sending reinforcements to a lifeboat where an American captain is being held hostage as the high-sea...
