NAIROBI, Kenya—Pirates off the coast of Somalia have attacked two vessels, and at least one of those has been captured. The European Union’s...

BEIJING—President Barack Obama is pushing China on human rights, telling President Hu Jintao the U.S. believes all men and woman have “certain...

YANGON, Myanmar—Searchers have recovered more bodies from a ferry accident in Myanmar, bringing the confirmed death toll to 31, with about a dozen...

YANGON, Myanmar—A ferry carrying nearly 200 passengers sank after colliding with an oil barge in a river in Myanmar, killing at least eight and leaving...

BRUSSELS—The EU Commission says over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year. The...

BAGHDAD—Gunmen killed at least 13 people in a Sunni village west of Baghdad, dumping their bullet-riddled bodies in a cemetery, Iraqi security officials...

SHANGHAI—President Barack Obama gave China a pointed, unexpected nudge to stop censoring the Internet access of its own people, offering an animated...

ROME—World leaders at a food summit have rallied around a new strategy to fight global hunger and help poor countries feed themselves, but failed...

SINGAPORE—President Barack Obama wrapped up a busy day of diplomacy in Singapore yesterday, saying the U.S. and Russia made progress on reducing...

Russia’s lower house of parliament passed a bill to triple the excise tax on beer next year in the last of three readings. The bill raises the tax...

The mayor of China’s Shijiazhuang apologized today for the government’s response to the heaviest snows to hit northern regions of the nation...

Self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP)—A suicide car bomb devastated Pakistan’s main spy agency building in the northwest Friday, killing at least 7 people...

The assets include Islamic centers in New York City, Maryland, California and Houston, more than 100 acres in Virginia, and a 36-story office tower in...

A bomb-sniffing dog that disappeared during a fierce battle in Afghanistan between Australian troops and militant fighters has been found and returned...

Gunmen killed a Pakistani working at the Iranian Consulate in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, adding to security fears in the country as...

Serbia’s health ministry on Wednesday proclaimed a swine flu epidemic, a declaration it hopes will help prevent a surge of the illness in the Balkan...

A United Airlines pilot who failed a breath test shortly before he was due to take off has been charged with having too much alcohol in his system, British...

Helicopter gunships shelled militant hide-outs in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 10 suspected fighters after the Taliban murdered two paramilitary...

Scientists say they’ve discovered a new dinosaur species in South Africa that may help explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals...

Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities and at least nine states into darkness for hours, prompting...

A Chinese gold mining company is being investigated for causing serious damage to one of the oldest sections of the Great Wall of China.

The cone-shaped Mayon volcano in the central Philippines, which killed scores in an eruption 16 years ago, shot up an ash plume Wednesday — prompting...

Former top executives at Blackwater Worldwide say the U.S. security contractor sent about $1 million to its Iraq office with the intention of paying off...

Greek authorities say an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 5.4 has struck off the western resort island of Zakynthos.

KABUL—Military divers have found the body of one of two U.S. soldiers who went missing last week as they tried to recover airdropped supplies that...

NAIROBI, Kenya—Somali pirates today seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said. Naval...

Britain’s Foreign Office says a suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Hawker has been arrested by Japanese police.

Egypt and the California-based Getty Conservation Institute announced Tuesday a five year project to restore the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king whose...