French troops pressed northward in Mali toward territory occupied by radical Islamists on Wednesday, military officials said, announcing the start of a land assault that will put soldiers in direct…

A US Marine was set to face court martial Wednesday for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and then posing for photos with the corpses.

outh Korea said Wednesday that North Korea was behind a cyberattack last year against a conservative Seoul newspaper critical of Pyongyang.

Anti-regime activists say the death toll in two big explosions on the campus of a Syrian university has risen to 87.

Australia's government says North Korea is seeking to reopen its embassy in the nation's capital.

Two journalists from Indonesia and Australia have been named the winners of this year’s Elizabeth O’Neill Journalism Award, which is sponsored by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade…

Police say a gunman walked into a business school in downtown St. Louis and shot an administrator in the chest before shooting himself.

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President Barack Obama is launching the most sweeping effort to curb American gun violence in nearly two decades, and New York lawmakers easily passed the toughest gun control law in…

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro took the place of ailing President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday by delivering a short speech and turning in a state-of-the-nation report amid legal debate about…