International

(CNN) -- More than 50 people were killed in "terrorist" mortar and car bomb attacks in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs on Tuesday, state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported. formed through conflict A car bombing in Homs killed 36,…

ZIZ News -- The outstanding sportsmen and women for the year 2013 on Nevis, received awards on the evening of Saturday 26th April. The awards were presented during the now annual Youth and Sports Awards ceremony and gala which was held at…

Mayflower, Arkansas (CNN) -- Parts of the South and Midwest could be in for more severe weather Monday, a day after suspected tornadoes killed at least 18 people in three states, including 10 who died in one devastated Arkansas county.…

Jindo, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korean authorities arrested three people Monday on suspicion of destroying evidence connected to the sinking of the ferry Sewol. Investigators also raided a Coast Guard office in a probe of how officials…

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama is the first American leader in decades to visit Malaysia, the Asian nation grappling with the mystery of a vanished jetliner. Obama landed in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, seven weeks to the day Malaysia…

NEW BRIGHTON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A Pennsylvania bride fatally shot her niece with her new husband's handgun during an argument over who would be the designated driver after their wedding party, police said. Police said 30-year-old…

Rio de Janeiro (CNN) -- Soldiers in full combat gear move silently through a sprawling shantytown in northern Rio de Janeiro, pointing weapons down narrow alleys and poking through sacks of cement in search of drugs. Residents walk by,…

(CNN) -- Workers have walked off the job at one of the world's largest shoe factories, leading apparel maker Adidas to temporarily shift its production. As many as 50,000 employees are on strike at Yue Yuen Industrial, a major Adidas and…

(CNN) -- An incident with an unruly passenger aboard a Virgin Australia plane on its way to Indonesia triggered reports of a hijacking Friday. But the reports turned out to be false, Virgin said in a statement. "At no point was the safety…

Beijing (CNN) -- Families of Chinese passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have engaged in a rare late-night act of civil disobedience in this tightly-controlled city. After unsuccessfully demanding a meeting with the…

(CNN) -- Families of Flight 370 passengers are taking a new step in their desperate search for information on what happened to their loved ones: turning to a U.S. company. While pushing Malaysian authorities for answers, "we're also…

Tokyo (CNN) -- The United States stands by its security agreement with Japan in its dispute with China over a group of islands, President Barack Obama said Thursday. The securities agreement between Washington and Tokyo is decades old, he…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least three American medical workers in Afghanistan were killed Thursday by an officer guarding the hospital, Kabul police said. The three men killed were among four American workers shot at the CURE hospital…

Tokyo (CNN) -- President Barack Obama arrived in Japan on Wednesday for the first part of his Asia trip that started with reassuring Tokyo of U.S. support in its bitter territorial dispute with China. Obama landed in Tokyo aboard Air Force…

(CNN) -- An Egyptian military official died Wednesday when a bomb attached to his car exploded, state-run EgyNews reported. The homemade magnetic sticky bomb killed Brig. Gen. Ahmed Zaki in the Cairo suburb Sixth October City. A policeman…