Officials declared a state of emergency Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck near Christchurch, New Zealand, sending people into the streets as windows exploded, water mains broke and... [ Read More ]

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff on Saturday said the United States does not plan to use Turkish territory in withdrawing its weapons from Iraq. [ Read More ]

The South Korean foreign minister offered to resign Saturday amid a brewing controversy over the hiring of his daughter, state media reported. [ Read More ]

A United Nations representative on Saturday pleaded for more international aid to help the millions of Pakistanis displaced from flooding that has ravaged the country for more than a month. [ Read More ]

More than two dozen children were among the hundreds raped by armed rebels in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said. [ Read More ]

Police made a "small number" of arrests in Dublin where former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was due to sign copies of his autobiography Saturday, a spokesman for Ireland's national police... [ Read More ]

A car bomb in the Russian republic of Dagestan killed a driver and injured a government official and his two bodguards on Saturday, state-run news agencies said. [ Read More ]

South Korea and the United States will conduct a joint anti-submarine warfare exercise starting Sunday, the U.S. military announced Friday. [ Read More ]

Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States. [ Read More ]

President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded... [ Read More ]