BANGUI, Central African Republic – France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops into embattled Central African Republic, as thousands of Christians fearing…
Women walk past artists’ renderings of Nelson Mandela for sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday. South Africa is readying itself for the arrival of a flood of world leaders…
Values, ideals are changing within society
Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over where the attack occured at a 72nd anniversary ceremony Saturday in Honolulu.Marco Garcia/Associated Press Alvis Taylor, 90, was serving as…
Interviews with enrollment counselors, insurance brokers and a government official who works with navigators in Illinois reveal the latest change in direction by the Obama administration, which had been encouraging…
The emergency order by the Federal Railroad Administration was a reaction to Sunday’s wreck in the Bronx, where a train flew off the tracks after hitting a curve at 82…
Arab countries chose Jordan as a replacement, and Asian nations endorsed it to take the traditional Arab seat on the U.N.’s most powerful body. It received 178 “yes” votes in…
The authors of the study on Camp Lejeune released late Thursday by the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry warned it is based on a small sample size…
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela will be buried in his home town of Qunu Dec. 15, government officials say. Mourners throughout South Africa are celebrating Mandela’s life with song…
Businesses of all types are struggling to get deliveries through as a major storm slows raod and air traffic throughout the nation. Icy roads are delaying shipments at the worst…
MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in the theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60, a government official said…
Jerome Delay/Associated Press<br><br>Shrouded bodies lay in a Bangui mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday after a day-long gun battle between Seleka soldiers and Christian militias.du1-i-syn By Friday, with the…
In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, a small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke rolls out of the stricken USS West Virginia after the…
During a visit to Senegal this past June, President Obama said his “first act of political activism” was an event for “the Anti-Apartheid Movement back in 1979, 1980, because I…
The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into whether airline pilots are “tuning out” to possible safety hazards during flights. Some experts think increased automation of airline flights may be…
MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in the theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60, a government official said…
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye as he signs the guest book upon his arrival for meeting at the presidential Blue House in…
Unemployment rate falls to 7% as 203,000 find work
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio says there will not be time for Congress to act on a budget and farm bill and legislation setting new defense policies before the…
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, right, shakes hands with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in May 2010 during a reunion with The Elders. Carter joined the group Mandela formed…
From left, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., are trying to resolve differences on a…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Israel trying to ease Israel’s concerns about an international agreement that eases sanctions against Iran in return for the country delaying its…
NEW YORK – Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of thousands of dollars on concert tickets, fine clothing and helicopter…
TRIPOLI, Libya – An American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting persistently tenuous security in the eastern Libyan city where the…
That’s about three times the usual number of cases of measles, CDC Director Thomas Frieden said Thursday. The U.S. has seen nine outbreaks this year, with the largest in New…
It’s growing faster, corporate profits are rising and companies are laying off the fewest workers in six years, government reports show. “The momentum looks strong,” said Chris Rupkey, chief economist…
South Africa’s first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought to win over its defeated guardians in a relatively peaceful…
France is promising to double the number of troops it has in the Central African Republic “within a few days, even a few hours” because of increased sectarian violence that…
Environmental groups are hailing President Barack Obama’s Thursday announcement that he is ordering federal agencies to expand their use of renewable energy.Evan Vucci/Associated Press Obama said the plan to use…
