Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in the Middle East as violence and...

In parallel trial sessions, Egyptian courts heard cases Sunday against ousted President Hosni Mubarak and top leaders of his archrival, the Muslim Brotherhood, related to killings during the 2011 and...

Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech and pledging that his...

An official says suspected Islamist extremists killed at least 44 villagers in continuing attacks in an Islamic uprising in northeast Nigeria.   The official of the National Emergency...

Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai told a court Saturday his wife stole government funds without his involvement and revealed how the couple became estranged after he had been unfaithful, offering...

Paraguayan officials have seized almost two tonnes of cocaine near the country's border with Brazil, authorities said Friday.   Special drug agents said they found a one-ton cargo of...

Syrian troops and opposition fighters clashed Friday during fierce battles in suburbs of the Syrian capital where the opposition claims a chemical weapons attack this week killed more than 130 people,...

A young photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in an isolated, overgrown corner of India's business hub of Mumbai, police said Friday. The case was...

One side likens the other to North Korea and promises "hell will freeze over" before it surrenders. Its adversary speaks darkly of "abhorrent" deeds and an "environmental...

Would you throw gold, silver, or other precious metals into the trash? Probably not intentionally. But if you have thrown away an old mobile phone, not realizing that it contains a host of recyclable...