International

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…

CNN) -- Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the middleweight boxing contender who spent 19 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of a triple murder, has died in Toronto, according to Win Wahrer, the director of client services for the…

(CNN) -- Looking to turn a few degrees in his long-awaited "pivot to Asia," President Barack Obama embarks on Tuesday on a four-country tour of the region in the hopes of convincing Pacific allies the United States remains focused on them.…

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) -- A Somali lawmaker was shot and killed near Mogadishu on Tuesday, the prime minister said. It's the second killing of a Somali parliamentarian in two days. Abdiaziiz Isaak Mursal was attacked by unidentified…

(CaribPR Wire, New York, NY) -- "Caribbean leaders should encourage, embrace and affirm the flow of capital that is positive, sustainable and healthy for the region." That's the advice of Antigua-born scholar, Dr. Isaac Newton, as he gears…

(CNN) -- The underwater drone scanning the ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended its eighth mission Monday, having covered about two thirds of its intended territory without finding any sign of the missing plane. This has been the…

Jindo, South Korea (CNN) -- The actions of the captain and crew of the sunken ferry Sewol "are akin to murder," South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday. Her comments come after a radio transcript released a day earlier suggested…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention to the…

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — For five days, Oscar Pistorius endured a withering cross-examination at his murder trial from a prosecutor who pounced on apparent inconsistencies in his testimony. Yet, legal analysts said Tuesday, expert…

(CNN) -- Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is to serve one year of community service at a nursing home for his conviction on tax fraud, a Milan court ruled on Tuesday. The 77-year old billionaire tycoon must visit a center…

(CNN) -- Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped Tuesday in central Tripoli, the foreign ministries of both nations said. Ambassador Fawaz al-Aytan and members of his security detail were abducted and his driver was injured, Jordan's…

(CNN) -- Two brothers previously jailed for cannibalism and then released, have been arrested again after police discovered a child's severed head at their home in a remote village in northwest Pakistan. Mohammed Arif Ali was arrested…