WORLD

The people of Shanglin county in southern China have ventured to an unlikely place to seek their fortunes.

A Taiwanese official said the country "can afford" to lose the Philippines as a trading partner in row over fisherman's death.

An organization has set a Friday deadline for the IRS to grant tax-exempt status to 10 conservative groups that it represents.

The "whites-only" scholarship can only be given to Caucasians from Iowa presently.

Local officials are telling a woman in Chengdu to delete a White House petition bringing attention to a controversial petrochemical plant.

Massachusetts State Police detained seven people on Tuesday after they were caught trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown, Mass.

Lemumba's murder has never been solved, and DR Congo has been embroiled in civil wars since.

The committee, which is dominated by Republicans, claims the Justice Department has been politicized.

The pro-environment group is conducting a review of documents showing that Green Party members and associates in the 1980s advocated to legalize pedophilia.

According to a description of the video, “76 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex relationships."

Yom Al-Nakba, or Day of the Catastrophe, is a commemoration of the day when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were forced out of their homes.

A Seattle man was struck and killed by a car just 14 days into his journey of dribbling a soccer ball from here to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The federal budget deficit has begun what the CBO thinks will be three years of contraction. After that, deficits will resume growing.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to explain exactly why a top aide is in North Korea, sparking concern from South Korea.

The trade of human organs –- though illegal since 1994 –- is believed to be widespread and highly lucrative in India.

The son of a high-ranking judicial official is being held for allegedly hiring hitmen to kill his father and sister for putting too much pressure on him to study.

The state of emergency comes after a deadly offensive by Islamist militant groups in the troubled northeast part of the country.

President Ma Ying-jeou’s office expressed “strong dissatisfaction” over an apology issued by the Philippines representative in Taipei.

Prince Harry toured the Jersey Shore in Seaside Heights with Gov. Chris Christie along with advice from MTV's Snooki.

The scandal surrounding the IRS's targeting of conservative groups applying for federal tax-exempt status is broader than previously thought.

The National Transportation Safety Board voted on Tuesday to recommend that all states adopt a stricter drunk driving limit.

A school monitor at Rangeview High School who works part-time as a security guard accidentally shot a student.

Migrant workers in China face a lonely existence far away from their families. Some are finding unusual ways to cope.

The attorney general said he recused himself from the leak investigation, but is the GOP skeptical about what he knows?

If there is no evidence the IRS was acting on an order from higher-ups, then the president may just walk away unscathed.

According to the Pew Research Center, President Obama got 60% of the Florida Hispanic vote in 2012.

The U.S. Attorney General is under more fire as new scandals erupt. Do you think he needs to go?

In a closed-door meeting with religious figures, Vice President Joe Biden made statements concerning the possible increased taxation of companies that make violent video games.

Joe Biden personally responded to a Wisconsin second-grader who proposed chocolate bullets, saying it was a great idea.