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Twenty-seven migrants drown as boat capsizes near Turkey
Twenty-seven migrants, 11 of them children, drowned off Turkey\'s Aegean coast as they tried to reach a Greek island, the Turkish coast ...Global outrage over North Korea rocket launch
North Korea hailed an "epochal event" but its latest long-range rocket launch Sunday prompted international anger and plans for talks on a ...U.N. Security Council condemns North Korea launch, vows action
The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned North Korea\'s latest rocket launch and promised to take punitive steps, while Washington ...Pakistan police arrest six over child wedding
Police have arrested six people accused of arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl in eastern Pakistan, officials said ...More pulled out alive after Taiwan quake, about 120 people still trapped
Rescuers pulled more survivors from a collapsed apartment tower in Taiwan on Sunday and kept searching for about 120 people still believed ...Syrian army advances towards rebel town near Turkey
Syrian government troops advanced Sunday toward a rebel town near the Turkish border as they pressed a Russian-backed offensive that has prompted ...Rescuers search for survivors in southern Taiwan earthquake
A powerful earthquake in Taiwan felled a 16-storey apartment complex full of families who had gathered for Lunar New Year celebrations Saturday, ...Obama offers Colombia more than $450 million aid to help with peace process
President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $450 million in aid to help Colombia ...WikiLeaks founder Assange may leave embassy after UN panel ruling
A UN panel ruled Friday that the "detention" of Julian Assange should be ended after nearly four years in Ecuador\'s embassy in ...Volcano in southern Japan erupts in fiery show of nature
A volcano in southern Japan dramatically erupted Friday, with television footage showing fiery bursts of super hot rock and ash rushing down ...




