Snowden asks Putin about Russia's domestic snooping

Man who spilled NSA's secrets asks Russian leader if Moscow spies on its own citizens to the same extent; Putin answers without hesitation

• Apr 17, 2014

Deadly attack on Iraq military base near Mosul

At least 10 killed in coordinated assault on base in area where al Qaeda-splinter group has stepped-up attacks

• Apr 17, 2014

Putin insists no Russian troops in eastern Ukraine

Russian leader admits troops were sent to Crimea, but insists none elsewhere as tension mounts and violence flares up

• Apr 17, 2014

Captain's orders under scrutiny in South Korea ferry disaster

Crew member says captain's 1st message to 475 people on ship was to stay put, and by time evacuation order came, it was too late for many

• Apr 17, 2014

Nearly 300 missing after South Korean ferry sinks

Dazed survivors say they were told to wait for rescuers instead of trying to escape

• Apr 16, 2014

William and Kate meet brushfire survivors in Australia

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Blue Mountains as part of three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand

• Apr 16, 2014

U.S. readies new sanctions as Ukraine crisis grows “more perilous”

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Geneva for the first direct talks with both Ukraine and Russia at the table together

• Apr 16, 2014

Kim Jong Un's "bad hair day" sparks a diplomatic to-do

London salon's poster mocking Kim Jung Un's distinctive hair style prompts row between U.K. and North Korea

• Apr 16, 2014

Life for a Yorkshire shepherdess

Amanda Owen and her family run 2,000 acre sheep farm in remote area of England

• Apr 16, 2014
• 20 photos

Two lucky kids got a ride in the Popemobile

Pope Francis paused while passing through St. Peter’s Square Wednesday, and picked two 11-year-olds from the crowd to join him

• Apr 16, 2014

Australian state leader quits over $2,800 bottle of wine

New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell failed to declare the expensive wine he was sent as a gift, calling it "a massive memory fail"

• Apr 16, 2014

Al Qaeda's biggest gathering in years captured on video

Find out what intelligence officials are saying about "part pep rally, part propaganda tape"

• Apr 16, 2014

Deadly ferry accident off South Korea

Ferry carrying 459 people, mostly high school students on an overnight trip to a tourist island, sank off South Korea's southern coast Wednesday

• Apr 16, 2014
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Pro-Russia insurgents tighten grip in east Ukraine

Armored personnel carriers flying Russian flags drive into hotbed of unrest with some troops claiming to have switched sides

• Apr 16, 2014

Another hiccup in underwater search for Flight 370

U.S. Navy's robotic sub forced to surface early again, but quickly dives back down as families protest lack of info

• Apr 16, 2014

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