Spying by the Americans on the cell phone of Brazil's president has provoked a ferocious backlash in the country. Mexico reacted more mildly.
Oil is the tie that binds Sudan and South Sudan, but disputes over borders and rebels remain.
Shakespeare is believed to have studied at King Edward VI beginning in 1571 at the age of 7.
Missing New Mexico firefighter Token Adams hasn't been seen since Friday. A search is ongoing in the Santa Fe National Forest.
It's still unclear if the House Speaker can rally enough Republicans behind President Obama's Syria strike for it to pass the House.
M23 was pushed further from Goma this weekend, but how can the Congo overcome decades of conflict?
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Anthony Hennis is not cooperating with the investigation into the shooting of his 1-year-old son, Antiq.
The plight of desperate people seeking work in foreign countries has added two more grim chapters.
China's military performers are national celebrities, but that's not shielding them from scandal -- and retaliation.
Six months after his first trip to North Korea, Dennis Rodman is going back for more.
Two ballistic missiles detected by Russian radar, fired toward Syria, fall into the sea. U.S. denies reports that it test-fired the missiles.
Russia issued on Monday a travel warning for the United States. The threat? The U.S. justice system.
Governors from the north and south have formed a splinter group to challenge the ruling PDP.
The IOC will meet in Argentina to decide the venue for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo, along with Madrid and Istanbul, is in the running.
The Arizona senator says it would be "catastrophic" were Congress to refuse authorization.
Why is Russia conducting surveillance flights over the US?
Iran boosts its navy while U.S. and Russian ships move into the eastern Mediterranean for a possible U.S. strike on Syria.
Syrian Electronic Army continues to deface western companies and government websites as the U.S. prepares for a military strike against Syria.
Unimpressed by claims of a chemical attack, Russia sends ship to monitor Syrian coast, as President Obama lobbies Congress for a strike on Syria.
The ship will offer support to the U.S. Navy’s six warships operating in the Mediterranean Sea, in the event of a strike on Syria.
This is the first time it has been alleged that the NSA spied on world leaders in their home countries.
The attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border, sparked a gunfight with the insurgents.
Former Egypt President Mohammed Morsi is accused of instigating the killings of demonstrators during protests last December.
Pope Francis called for a day of fasting for peace, while condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Smoke from the raging Rim Fire, fourth-worst in California history, crept into the popular Yosemite Valley over Labor Day weekend.
As the Mexican Senate gets ready to debate President Peña Nieto’s energy-reform proposal, the opposition made its disagreement known loud and clear.
“I’ve never heard of someone declaring a military strike and then going off to talk about it,” one mystified Syrian said.
Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Pretoria hospital in critical condition. He will continue his treatment at home in Johannesburg.
The statement by ex-President Rafsanjani was quickly "amended" by Iranian media.
The Assad regime’s media trumpeted a “historic American retreat.”