Iran, Syria among top for G-8 and NATO
President Barack Obama and leaders of other major industrial powers grappled Friday with options to solidify worl...

Divided but peaceful 2 years after Thai violence
Just two years ago, Thailand was at war with itself. Rifle shots and exploding grenades rang out in Bangkok as tr...

Canada pleased with Chinese smuggler's sentence
The Canadian government says it is pleased that a high-profile Chinese smuggler who had been extradited from Cana...

73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest
A 73-year-old Japanese woman has climbed Mount Everest, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman ...

LA Police: 2 arrests in Chinese student killings
Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two Chinese graduate students who were shot in an apparent ...

Chicago protesters break away from nurses' rally
Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting ...

Wake for Mary Kennedy held amid apparent rift
The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday over custody of her body, ju...

Feds say Colorado wildfire started on camp stove
Warm, dry weather hindered hundreds of firefighters battling a blaze in northern Colorado that federal officials ...