Protesting NSA spying, Brazil's leader postpones White House visit

Brazil's president is dissatisfied with the U.S. response to questions about NSA spying that targeted her government

• Sep 17, 2013

Report: Camel trainer drowns chasing animal into sea

Police officer in the United Arab Emirates says camel trainer drowned after his animal raced into Persian Gulf north of Dubai

• Sep 17, 2013

"Technical glitch" lets Iranians access banned social media sites

Firewalls blocking Facebook and Twitter in Iran came down for several hours Tuesday

• Sep 17, 2013

Why is France pushing so hard on Syria?

Syria's onetime colonial ruler is eager to maintain place as a military and diplomatic power

• Sep 17, 2013

Russia: "Serious grounds to believe" rebels used sarin

As 89 heads of state gather for annual debate, all eyes will be on divided Security Council grappling for a Syria solution

• Sep 17, 2013

Costa Concordia pulled completely upright off Italy

Crippled cruise ship reaches vertical with officials declaring it a "perfect" end to daring, unprecedented engineering feat

• Sep 17, 2013

Paralyzed Chinese man on trial for bomb at airport

Ji Zhongxing's lawyers say act was desperate plea for attention after alleged police beating left him wheelchair-bound

• Sep 17, 2013

Afghan presidential race kicks off, without candidates

Race to pick successor to Hamid Karzai, who can't run again, gets rolling slowly as precisely zero candidates sign up early

• Sep 17, 2013

Snowden, Malala Yousafzai could win human rights award

European lawmakers nominate NSA intelligence leaker, Pakistani schoolgirl for EU's top human rights award

• Sep 17, 2013

China pol caught in sex tape scandal loses appeal

Former Communist Party official Lei Zhengfu stuck with 13-year sentence for accepting $500K in bribes in elaborate extortion plot

• Sep 17, 2013

Syria blasts Turkey for shooting down helicopter

Turkish fighter jet shot down Syrian copter after it crossed border, but Syrians say act shows neighbor's "real intentions"

• Sep 17, 2013

U.N. panel: 14 possible chemical attacks in Syria

War crimes panel also cites "upsurge in crimes and abuses" by rebel groups in news likely to influence U.N. Security Council debate

• Sep 16, 2013

Delicate task of moving Costa Concordia cruise ship begins

Tilting ship that crashed off coast of Italy 20 months ago billed as biggest, most delicate, most expensive salvage operation in history

• Sep 16, 2013

U.N.: Rockets containing sarin used in Syria attack

U.K. diplomat says there is "no remaining doubt" that Assad was responsible for chemical weapons attack after U.N. releases report

• Sep 16, 2013

Costa Concordia freed from reef, engineers say

No bodies spotted as effort to right cruise liner involved in deadly wreck 20 months ago continues, more slowly than anticipated

• Sep 16, 2013

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