Kim Jong Un’s aunt appears to have survived purge
Wife of the recently executed North Korean leader’s uncle, who was Kim Jong Il’s sister, named to new government post
World
Nelson Mandela laid to rest in ancestral village
Solemn ceremony with full state honors sees South Africans bid a final farewell to the father of their nation’s democracy
Chinese lunar probe makes successful landing
China becomes only the 3rd nation - and the 1st in 37 years - to land an unmanned craft on the moon as Chang'e-3 touches down
The township of Mandela's youth still struggles with squalor
Governments have changed since Nelson Mandela ran his resistance movement in Alexandra, South Africa; but open sewers, over-crowding endure
South Africa still haunted by AIDS stigma
When HIV rate skyrocketed in 1990s, President Nelson Mandela ignored calls to lead a prevention campaign; he later apologized, but the disease continues to ravage South Africa
Rodman still heading to North Korea next week
Kim Jong Un's uncle's execution doesn't delay basketball star's trip to North Korea
Near miss in South China Sea between U.S., Chinese warships
U.S. guided missile cruiser narrowly misses collision with a Chinese navy ship
Photos of the week
The best images from the week's news, Dec. 6 - Dec. 13, 2013
S. Africa probes phony interpreter from Mandela memorial
Government investigating sign-language interpreter after reports surface that he once faced murder charge, other criminal charges
"Whale Wars'" Paul Watson on waging battle against whalers, being at sea for 15 months
Activist discusses if the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's tactics are too violent and how he's winning the war against the whalers
Top Russian court orders review of Pussy Riot case
Ruling could potentially lead to shorter sentences for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina or even to reversal of their convictions, although latter is far less likely
Wounded vets, Prince Harry reach the South Pole
Three teams of injured soldiers set out two weeks ago on the Walking with the Wounded South Pole Challenge
Syrian refugees face frigid weather
Syrian refugees across the middle east were among the hardest hit by a winter storm battering the region
Italian cops sweep up mafia boss’s kin
Close family members of Cosa Nostra fugitive "boss of bosses" Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily
Greenpeace says Russia won’t let bailed activists leave
Conservation group says Russia flouting international court ruling calling for crew of Arctic protest vessel to be allowed to leave country
At least 4 dead as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast
At least 12 killed, more than 300 hurt in strike on Saudi airport, officials say
DOJ investigating TV networks over suspension of press pool after Trump media ban
Christa Pike released from hospital following botched execution, lawyers say
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After airport strike, Trump considering whether to join fight against Houthis
House candidate who reported rape on campaign trail details why she came forward
Trump says Ukraine needs new president, blames Zelenskyy for diesel prices
8 killed in Pennsylvania mass shooting; suspect also dead
