Saudi Arabian King not coming to White House meetings with Gulf allies

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will no longer be in attendance at President Barack Obama's meetings with Arab leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council this week.

40 prisoners escape Iraq prison after deadly clashes with guards

Dozens of prisoners -- including some facing terrorism charges -- were able to break out after deadly clashes with prison guards in the town of Al-Khalis, north of Baghdad, on Friday, Iraq's Ministry of Interior spokesman told CNN.

GOP senator: U.S. 'certainly vulnerable' to ISIS

The United States is "certainly vulnerable" to becoming a new front line in the fight against ISIS, Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday.

Russia marks 70 years since victory over Nazi Germany with huge parade

Russia marked 70 years since the victory over Nazi Germany on Saturday with a spectacular parade in Moscow featuring some 16,000 soldiers, 200 armored vehicles and 150 planes and helicopters.

Egyptian court: Former President Hosni Mubarak can go free.

Hosni Mubarak had been Egypt's strong-handed president, controlling the North African nation for nearly three decades. He'd been target of mass scorn and derision, with hundreds of thousands hitting the streets to blast his rule.

UK election shock: David Cameron defies polls with clear victory.

Pundits had predicted the UK election would be a close one and suggested there would be days of post-vote, backroom talk to thrash out a power-sharing deal.Instead,

Pakistani chopper crashes into school; 2 ambassadors killed.

Two ambassadors and the wives of two other ambassadors were among seven people killed when a helicopter crashed Friday into a school in northern Pakistan. Others -- Pakistanis and foreigners alike -- were injured.One big question..

Report: North Korea tests ballistic missile.

North Korea has carried out a successful underwater test of a ballistic missile, the North Korean state news agency reported.

Election results: Conservatives on course for majority

David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats - enough to form a slender majority in the Commons.

Pentagon considered stopping intercepts of Russian aircraft.

The Pentagon considered, and then rejected, the idea of stopping routine intercepts of Russian military aircraft flying off the coast of Alaska, because the U.S. intercept flights appeared to have limited deterrent or intelligence value,