International

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…

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…