So far about 40 countries have applied to join the China-led infrastructure bank.
The production of the missiles will take place in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be complete by January 2018.
International donors pledged far less than the $8.4 billion sought by the United Nations in December.
The case of the missing students has become a national symbol of corruption inherent in Mexico's war on drug cartels.
The latest clashes came after a Saudi-led airstrike killed at least 40 people at a refugee camp in north Yemen.
The ban was imposed in 2013 after the Egyptian army overthrew the government.
"It is quite likely" that Russian President Putin will address the 70th United Nations General Assembly, according to his spokesman.
Over 80 percent of Americans believe airline pilots, bus drivers and train engineers should regularly receive psychological testing.
Iraqi troops aided by Shi'ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday, but the fight to retake all of Saddam Hussein's hometown continued.
The teenager had bomb-making materials and communications with suspected Islamic State group members.
The trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will go to closing statements on Monday. The defense called only four witnesses.
The bill allows businesses to refuse people service on religious grounds, most notably LGBT individuals, making it nearly identical to an Indiana bill.
Watchdog groups say Bush, Walker, Santorum and O'Malley are acting like candidates -- and therefore must follow campaign finance rules.
The N.J. Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against the state's former top pension official and ally of Gov. Chris Christie.
The U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany -- often referred to as the P5+1 -- sought to ensure in the negotiations that Iran would be unable to manufacture a nuclear bomb within a year.
Democrats who rejected the measure said is was unfair to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country by their parents.
President Obama’s transportation bill, which went to Congress this week, would bolster the traffic safety watchdog’s power.
Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress defeated President Goodluck Jonathan, impressing Nigerian voters with his fierce campaign on security and anti-corruption.
The A-10, an ungainly but effective warplane, has important friends in Congress -- and is now back on Russia's doorstep.
The Justice Department filed suit against an Oklahoma college for firing a transgender professor. But full protection is lacking.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida are among the likely GOP presidential contenders who have endorsed Indiana's new law.
A lawsuit alleges that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's appointees are cracking down on the free speech rights of city employees.
A crackdown on extravagant spending has forced many government officials to take driving lessons.
The airline has forwarded its email correspondence with the Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot to authorities.
Abu-Jamal was admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital Monday night, but details of his condition are scarce.
Buhari, a 72-year-old former major general in the Nigerian army, spent much of his campaign promising to weed out government corruption.
After being sued over a Facebook post, Fox News is arguing that social media is inherently “transformative.”
Lawmakers, gay rights activists and some businesses say the Religious Freedom Restoration Act stands apart from other laws in key ways.
A former military dictator, Muhammadu Buhari, wins in the country's first-ever democratic transfer of power.
Officers are investigating whether the violence was motivated by religious bias and have urged the victim to come forward.