Chinese Director Facing Huge Fines over Single-Child Policy

(BEIJING) -- Chinese Family Planning authorities are investigating one of the country’s top film directors and the architect of the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics, Zhang Yimou, fo... Read More

Union Protests to Target Gap over Bangladesh Worker Safety

(NEW YORK) -- A leading American labor union is throwing its weight behind public protests against Gap Inc. planned for this weekend in what the union's leader said is an "opening salvo" in the bat... Read More

Search Underway in Australia for Two Missing from Carnival Spirit

(SYDNEY) -- A search is underway in Australia for two people who apparently went overboard from a cruise ship Wednesday night off the country's east coast. Carnival said it became aware... Read More

Investigators Looking to See if Cousin Radicalized Tamerlan Tsarnaev

(MOSCOW) -- Investigators have widened their search into possible contacts between one of the alleged Boston bombers and extremist militants in Russia’s turbulent Caucasus region.... Read More

Russia Marks 68th Anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany

(MOSCOW) -- Russians celebrated Victory Day on Thursday, marking the 68th anniversary of the triumph over Nazi Germany. The Soviet Union was the country hardest hit during World War II.... Read More

Report: Militant Group in Syria with Al Qaeda Ties Getting Stronger

(NEW YORK) -- If a story in The Guardian turns out to be... Read More

We Will Denuclearize North Korea, South Korean President Vows

(WASHINGTON) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye told a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that a nuclear North Korea is intolerable and unacceptable. Park, who only bec... Read More

US Gets Going on Arranging Syrian Peace Conference

(MOSCOW) -- Secretary of State John Kerry got the ball rolling Wednesday on a joint Washington-Moscow plan to hold an international conference that might lead to an end of hostilities in Syria.... Read More

Kurdish Region of Iraq Rocked by Suicide Bomb Attacks

(BAGHDAD) -- The semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, which has largely escaped most of the recent revival of sectarian bloodshed, was hit hard Wednesday, according to Iraqi authorities.... Read More

US Sending Additional $100 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Syria

(WASHINGTON) -- The Obama Administration is releasing an additional $100 million dollars to civilians who have been driven out of the Syrian homes by the brutal civil war. State Departm... Read More