Updated: 1:44 PM Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is rejecting any suggestions that the United States is in collusion with the Taliban in Afghanistan with the goal of making Afghans fearful of more violence if foreign troops leave as scheduled next year.
Updated: 1:44 PM The spokesman for South Africa's president says Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital and has returned to his home in Johannesburg.
Posted: 6:56 PM The statement Saturday from an unidentified Foreign Ministry spokesman builds on a torrent of warlike threats from Pyongyang in the wake of the sanctions, which North Korea says are an indication of U.S. hostility.
Updated: 5:05 PM Conclave to elect the new pope will begin Tuesday, March 12th.
Posted: 8:31 PM Some of the many Venezuelans living in Florida are reacting with cautious optimism that there will be change in their homeland following his death on Tuesday.
Posted: 8:30 PM Chavez lost a two-year battle with cancer.
Posted: 12:16 PM Vice President Joe Biden says President Barack Obama isn't bluffing when he says he'll use military action if ultimately necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Posted: 7:44 AM The leader of the radical Islamic terrorist network Boko Haram has denied his group is taking part in any peace talks with Nigeria's government.
Posted: 7:42 AM Oscar Pistorius is settling a three-year-old case against a former neighbor over reputation damages in a dispute that has now been overshadowed by the murder charges the Olympic star faces in the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend.
Posted: 7:40 AM A moderate earthquake in southwest China has caused hundreds of homes to collapse and injured at least 30 people.
Posted: 10:31 PM This, despite official promises to begin a quick pullout within weeks.
Posted: 6:56 PM Nouri al-Maliki stopped short of voicing outright support for Syrian President Bashar Assad's embattled regime.
Posted: 10:06 PM Nepalese mountaineer Chhurim has entered the record book by scaling Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season.
Posted: 6:55 PM The blast followed by heavy gunfire caused panic in the capital, where a massive car bombing on Thursday near the ruling Baath party headquarters killed at least 53 people.
Posted: 3:08 PM The former Canadian Ambassador, who hid 6 Americans in Iran during the hostage crisis, appreciated director's quick 'thank you' to Canada at the Oscars.
Updated: 10:45 AM Horse meat found in Ikea's Swedish meatballsMMM
Updated: 1:44 PM Afghanistan's president says all U.S. special forces must leave eastern Wardak province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans.
Updated: 1:44 PM Cuban President Raul Castro says he will not seek another five year term after the one he's starting Sunday ends.
Posted: 7:32 AM A doctor who oversees Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's medical care says the president is able to speak and understand people around him as he recovers from a stroke he suffered over two months ago.
Posted: 7:25 AM Syrian activists say rebel fighters have launched a fresh offensive on a government complex near the embattled northern city of Aleppo.
Posted: 7:24 AM Sudan's state news agency says 60 people were killed in renewed fighting between two Arab tribes over mining rights in the northern Darfur region.
Posted: 9:02 PM Soldiers setting up drone base to help French forces in Mali.
