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North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence ... 

A judge granted bail to Pakistan's former military ruler on Monday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer said. Despite the ... 

A hot air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground on Monday, killing two ... 

Germany is insisting that Serbia and Kosovo agree on a plan to implement an EU-brokered deal normalizing relations between former Balkan foes. Foreign Minister Guido ... 

Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful. About 200,000 ... 

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. 

HSBC has announced it is seeking a further $2 billion-$3 billion in cost savings as it continues to trim its global empire — a move analysts say could cost more jobs. In a ... 

The governments of the United States and Russia can sometimes be at odds. Americans and Iranians rarely see eye to eye on anything. But the possibility of wrestling losing its ... 

President Barack Obama tried Monday to swat down a pair of brewing controversies that have put the White House on the defensive, emboldened Republican lawmakers and threatened ... 

President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. 

A U.S. appeals court has denied asylum to a Christian family who fled Germany so they could home-school their children, ruling that immigration laws do not grant a safe haven ... 

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited an impromptu memorial that sprang up near the site of the Boston Marathon bombings, striking a combative tone Tuesday in saying ...