Obama mourns 'creative icon' Prince
President Barack Obama called Prince a "creative icon" with a strong spirit as he offered prayers after the musician's unexpected death Thursday.
Tearful North Korean waitresses: Our 'defector' colleagues were tricked
The door opens and seven women walk quietly into the ornate lobby of the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang. Their faces are expressionless. Most wear little or no makeup, black jackets, and patriotic red lapel pins.
U.S. and Saudi Arabia, trapped in a bad marriage
What do you do when it's increasingly clear that one of your longtime Middle East partners doesn't share either your values or many of your interests?
U.S.-Mexico drug tunnel spanned 800 yards, held 2 tons of cocaine
A drug-trafficking tunnel nearly half a mile long underneath the California-Mexico border was discovered by federal agents, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Trump, Clinton win in New York, move closer to nomination
Republican front-runner Donald Trump easily won New York state’s presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, moving closer to capturing enough delegates to win the nomination and avoid a contested convention in July.
Depicting China: Can Chinese photographers scoop more awards?
The work of Chinese photojournalists has often gone unrecognized outside their homeland -- but this is changing, and fast.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power's motorcade hits, kills boy in Cameroon
A top U.S. diplomat has expressed her "great sorrow" after a vehicle in her convoy struck and killed a young boy during an official visit to Cameroon.
Ethiopia: Hundreds killed, children kidnapped in raids from South Sudan
Ethiopia's government says more than 200 people have been killed and 100 children have been kidnapped in cross-border raids from South Sudan in March and April.
First criminal charges to be announced in Flint water crisis, source says
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and the Flint water investigation team are expected to announce the first criminal charges Wednesday in the tainted water case, according to a source briefed on the investigation.
Co-founders of Ben & Jerry's arrested at Capitol
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream were arrested at the U.S. Capitol Monday.
