SEOUL, South Korea (AP) âÄî North Korea's new rocket launch gives the communist country another bargaining chip in negotiations over dismantling its nuclear weapons program even if the flight wasn't...

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) âÄî Prosecutors dropped their corruption case Monday against Jacob Zuma, clearing the way for him to become South Africa's next president but leaving behind questions...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) âÄî Declaring the U.S. "is not and never will be at war with Islam," President Barack Obama worked Monday to mend frayed ties with NATO ally Turkey and improve relations with...

MOSCOW (AP) âÄî The assassin of a renegade Chechen warlord tossed a gold-plated pistol to the ground next to the body âÄî a flamboyant coda to the death in Dubai that marked the removal...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) âÄî The leading reformist candidate in upcoming Iranian presidential elections said Monday that if elected, he would negotiate with the U.S but that Iran would not give up its...

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî Anger boiled over in Baghdad streets at Iraqi soldiers and police after they failed to prevent a stunning series of coordinated bombings across the city Monday that left 37 dead...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) âÄî South Korea's presidential office says North Korea's satellite did not reach orbit as the communist nation claims. North Korea earlier claimed success in launching a...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) âÄî The U.N. Security Council approved an emergency session Sunday to deal with North Korea's rocket launch. Mexico's mission to the United Nations set the meeting for 3 p.m....

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî Hundreds of Christians holding green fronds marked Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, celebrating Jesus Christ's triumphant entry into the holy city two millennia ago. Catholic pilgrims,...