UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday demanding international access to the site of the plane downed over eastern Ukraine and an end to military activities around the area, following intense pressure on a ...

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday demanding international access to the site of the plane downed over eastern Ukraine and an end to military activities around the area, following intense pressure on a ...

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved an Australia-proposed resolution calling for an international investigation into the Malaysian plane downed over eastern Ukraine and an end to military activities around the site.

UNITED NATIONS – Russia's U.N. envoy says his nation backs a resolution calling for an international investigation of the Malaysian plane downed in eastern Ukraine. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin's comments Monday ahead of a Security Council ...

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Two Pakistani intelligence officials say that security forces have arrested a key Taliban commander linked to a 2003 assassination attempt on former President Pervez Musharraf. The officials said on Wednesday that Adnan ...

MOSCOW – Russian news agencies are reporting that a Ukrainian shell has hit a Russian border town, killing one person and injuring another. Sunday's reports say the shell hit the courtyard of a residential building in the Russian town of Donetsk. The town ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilians already downhearted at missing out on reaching the World Cup final watched in dismay Saturday as their national team lost to the Netherlands 3-0 in the third-place match. Across the nation, fans hoping for some measure of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilians already downhearted at missing out on reaching the World Cup final watched in dismay Saturday as their national team lost to the Netherlands 3-0 in the third-place match. Across the nation, fans hoping for some measure of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilians already downhearted at missing out on reaching the World Cup final watched in dismay Saturday as their national team lost to the Netherlands 3-0 in the third-place match. Across the nation, fans hoping for some measure of ...

WASHINGTON – President Obama is telling Israel's leader that the United States is willing to negotiate a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, as Israel was intensifying an ...

A passenger plane getting ready to leave a Spain airport taxied across a runway where another was about to land, forcing the arriving plane to abort its landing and climb sharply to avoid a disaster. Amateur video footage filmed Saturday showed the ...

LONDON – Novak Djokovic won the second set 6-4 to level his Wimbledon final Sunday with seven-time champion Roger Federer at one set each. Federer won the first set 7-6 (7). ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Djokovic fell awkwardly in the first ...

PHILADELPHIA – Fire officials planned to return to a charred block of row homes Sunday to investigate the cause of a blaze that killed three 4-year-olds and a baby and engulfed at least 10 residences. The fire erupted early Saturday and raced from row ...

Reclaiming “all of the historic Palestine from the river to the sea” within the next five years should be the region's national goal, say 60 percent of Palestinians, according to a recent poll. The study, commissioned by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – The U.S. Embassy in Uganda warns of a specific threat by an unknown terrorist group to attack the country's only international airport. Citing information obtained from Ugandan police, the embassy said on its website Thursday that ...

KAMPALA, Uganda – The U.S. Embassy in Uganda warns of a specific threat by an unknown terrorist group to attack the country's only international airport. Citing information obtained from Ugandan police, the embassy said on its website Thursday that ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister has warned that an extremist group's declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the entire region. Nouri al-Maliki says the announcement this week by the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister has warned that an extremist group's declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the entire region. Nouri al-Maliki says the announcement this week by the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister has warned that an extremist group's declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the entire region. Nouri al-Maliki says the announcement this week by the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...

BAGHDAD – Iraq's prime minister has warned that an extremist group's declaration of an Islamic state in territory it has seized in Iraq and Syria is a threat to the entire region. Nouri al-Maliki says the announcement this week by the Islamic State of Iraq and the ...