North Korea reportedly declined an invitation from church officials in the South to be there for Pope Francis' first visit to Asia.
Police in Missouri clash with protesters and detain two journalists covering the unrest over the killing of a black teenager by police.
The fight between Israel and Gaza goes on despite claims that Palestinians had agreed to a five-day cease-fire extension in Cairo.
Barack Obama doesn't want to commit to a ground attack in Iraq again. But relying only on airstrikes, experts say, won't beat ISIS.
Nuri al-Maliki’s Dawa party called on Iraqi politicians to accept his replacement, even though he refused to step aside.
The NSA, not the Syrian government or rebel extremists, is responsible for blacking out the Syrian Internet.
Fracking fluid disclosure forms indicate well operators injected diesel into 351 wells without getting Safe Drinking Water Act permits.
Inch by inch, Latin American countries are moving toward decriminalization of pot, yet full legalization is still far away.
After seizing five oil fields and Iraq's biggest dam, Sunni militants bent on creating an Islamic empire in the Middle East now control yet another powerful economic weapon, wheat supplies, Reuters said in an exclusive report.
Austin Tice is still missing in Syria two years after he lost contact with family and friends.
With thousands of Yazidi people trapped on a mountain in Iraq, President Obama will weigh options next week.
Though Britain's economy is growing faster than other nations', you wouldn't know it from Brits' paychecks.
Los Angeles lawmakers were set to vote on a plan to unwind an interest-rate deal that costs them tens of millions.
Anonymous, the loosely affiliated hacking collective, is threatening to expose the Ferguson, Missouri, policeman who killed Mike Brown.
Ferguson, Missouri, residents say the lack of answers from police is adding to their frustrations over the police killing of Mike Brown.
Regulators in the Lone Star State are proposing stronger guidelines for well operators following the recent seismic outbreak in North Texas.
Eduardo Campos, 49, was the leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party. He was running third in the polls.
Senators from both parties including the possible 2016 candidate are asking John Kerry to launch an investigation into UNRWA activity during the recent conflict in Gaza.
With the least amount of concern since the 2008 recession, Americans are now turning their attention away from the country's economic woes.
An ACLU suit could force the Defense Department to being treating Chelsea Manning for gender dysphoria.
One of the blasts was a car bomb that exploded in a mainly Shiite area of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people.
Human Rights Watch has found that Egyptian security forces likely committed "crimes against humanity" last year.
Simone Camilli, a video journalist with the Associated Press, died Wednesday in an explosion in the Gaza Strip.
How the story of 'Baby Gammy' shocked Thailand and sparked a move to change public policy.
The move by Ugandan lawmakers comes just two weeks after a local court scrapped a draconian anti-gay law enacted in February.
Iraq is facing a political crisis in Baghdad even as government forces try to beat back the advance of Islamist militants in the north.
Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian interior minister, said that Ukraine will not allow the Russian convoy of over 250 trucks to cross its border.
The exercises on the disputed islands are a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to court resource-rich Russia.
While Australia's prime minister said sending in troops was not ruled out, his defense minister spoke only of humanitarian aid.
The separatists opened fire on a bus taking the men to fight just outside the rebel-held city of Donetsk.