Thai police arrest man in Bangkok bomb case

Police say man identified only as a 28-year-old foreigner was holed up with bomb-making equipment, stacks of passports

• Aug 29, 2015

Erika dissipates after killing at least 20 in Caribbean

Storm leaves devastation in its wake as Dominica leader says damage sets island nation back by 20 years

• Aug 29, 2015

​Mexico adoption-for-cash scheme took babies from mothers

Official says at least 9 cases found; "There may be many more, from years back, and some of these children could be 20 years old by now"

• Aug 28, 2015

Migrants risking their lives to reach Europe

In rickety boats or in the backs of trucks, hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing the Middle East and North Africa for Europe

• Aug 28, 2015

Vatican mixed-up in Italy's "banned books" battle

Pope sent lesbian children's book publisher formulaic blessing; some of her books among those banned by Venice public preschools

• Aug 28, 2015

Scott Walker and Marco Rubio deliver duelling foreign policy speeches

Walker's and Rubio's speeches were close to the same time and both in Charleston, South Carolina

• Aug 28, 2015

Brazilian leader faces growing impeachment threat

On top of massive corruption scandal, President Dilma Rousseff faced with angry rival who controls possibility of impeachment proceedings

• Aug 28, 2015

Soccer team makes mom buy $60 game ticket for her baby

"Is this the way for the club to take care of its fans?" woman asks after Barcelona made her buy pricey ticket for 10-month-old

• Aug 28, 2015

Kim Jong Un sacks top officials after standoff with Seoul eases

Analysts say North Korea officials may have been dismissed because they misjudged South Korea's strong response to mine blasts

• Aug 28, 2015

Scott Walker: U.S. needs to be tough on China

The Wisconsin governor and presidential candidate delivers a foreign policy speech in South Carolina Friday

• Aug 28, 2015

Nazi "gold train" detected by radar in Poland?

Local lore says armored train filled with gold and gems went missing in Poland while fleeing the Red Army in 1945

• Aug 28, 2015

Highest-ranking Vatican official charged with sex abuse found dead

Jozef Wesolowski, Holy See's former ambassador to Dominican Republic, was awaiting trial under modified house arrest

• Aug 28, 2015

Hundreds feared drowned in migrant "death boat" disaster off Libya

Many survivors, mostly from Syria and sub-Saharan African countries, "too traumatized to even talk about the incident," official says

• Aug 28, 2015

A mainstay of presidential campaigning: China-bashing

In the general election, the parties face off against one another, but for the whole of campaign season it seems there is one common foe

• Aug 28, 2015

Death toll mounts after grim discovery in Austria

71 people found dead in truck apparently abandoned along route commonly used by smugglers, and several suspects in custody

• Aug 28, 2015

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