The U.S. ambassador in South Korea was wounded in a stabbing incident on Thursday, prompting Pyongyang to qualify the assault as a "knife attack of justice" reflecting "anti-U.S. sentiment." A man shouting slogans against joint South Korean-U.S. war games slashed Mark Lippert's face and arm.
"The Sims 4," Electronic Arts' highly successful life-simulation game, has finally been released for Mac. And the secret commands the game's makers have included to solve your in-game woes can certainly come in handy.
At least 10 North African migrants died on Wednesday in the frigid Mediterranean, the Italian coast guard said, but 121 could be rescued after their rubber boat overturned in the Strait of Sicily. The incident brings the total number migrants saved over the past 24 hours to 941, according to official numbers.
A model who was the runner-up in the Brazil's Miss Bumbum competition – a contest to find the country's best derriere – was rushed back to the hospital because of an infection in her buttock implant.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday concluded three days of negotiations on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, and an unidentified senior State Department official said that both sides had inched closer to a deal.
Former CIA director David Petraeus on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count after admitting that he given highly classified information to his mistress and lied about it to the federal investigators. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors had agreed not to charge the retired four-star Army general with more serious crimes.
"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson is apparently getting serious about marrying singer FKA twigs, his girlfriend of just a few months; but the British actor is taking thing one step at a time. The 28-year-old in December gave the Grammy nominee a promise ring.
The Alabama Supreme Court on Tuesday defied the nation's highest tribunal and ordered that marriage licenses no longer be issued to same-sex couples in the state. The ruling comes some three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to issue a stay on a decision by U.S. District Judge Callie Granade, who had overturned Alabama's ban on such unions.
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Mexico's foreign ministry on Tuesday forcefully condemned the death of Ernesto Javier Canepa Díaz, a Mexican citizen shot to death by police in Santa Ana, California, on Friday, according to a statement released on its Web site.
Chilean authorities evacuated thousands of people on Tuesday after one of South America's most active volcanoes erupted in the south of the country. The National Emergency Office said the Villarrica volcano erupted around 3 a.m. local time, sparking concerns that melting snow could trigger mudslides, which in turn could endanger nearby communities.
Analysts have long noted that Jeb Bush's last name may prove a liability when it comes to the Republican presidential hopeful's shots at the White House, and the former Florida governor is taking the issue head-on.
Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will not run for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate in 2016, her office announced on Monday. The 78-year-old Democrat said her decision came down to how the demands of another campaign would have affected her ability to work on behalf of her constituents.
President Barack Obama on Monday said that his administration's overture to Cuba will usher in reforms on the island and that he hopes to open a U.S. Embassy in Havana by mid-April. He cautioned that the opening of a full-scale diplomatic post does not mean that ties between Washington and Havana would be completely normalized.
Hillary Clinton did not have an official e-mail address when during her four years as secretary of State and used a private account to conduct government business. The practice appears to have been in violation of the Federal Records Act, which requires that official correspondence be retained.
Crowned a national hero by Cuba's president last week, convicted spy Gerardo Hernández - who was release last Dec. 17 after President Barack Obama commuted his double life sentence - says he is ready to return to duty.
The North Korean government underlined its anger at joint U.S.-South Korean war games on Monday by firing two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea. Pyeongyang always protests the annual drills and warned of "merciless" retaliation on Monday; nevertheless, the regime of dictator Kim Jong Un seemed to strike a particularly angry note this year.
Israeli authorities about a month ago arrested three citizens they accuse of smuggling illegal goods into Gaza. The men have since been charged in the Beersheba District Court.
Tabaré Vázquez returned to Suarez Residence -- Uruguay's version of the White House - on Sunday when he was once again sworn in as president of the South American nation. He had previously held the post from 2005 to 2010.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may face a formidable challenger in Jesus "Chuy" García if the Cook County commissioner can win support from the Windy City's black community.
California's Republicans extended an olive branch to gay and lesbian supporters on Sunday when they voted overwhelmingly to officially recognize the Log Cabin Republicans as a charter volunteer organization. The party's LGBT wing, which has at least 200 members in California, had long been marginalized.
Marco Rubio is inching closer to announcing a 2016 White House bid and admits keen observers will not find it difficult to note that he is considering a campaign. "I think that's reflected in both our travel and some of the staffing decisions that we've made," he said about his presidential ambitions.
Cuban representatives made their way to Foggy Bottom on Friday for the second round of talks with their U.S. counterparts. The goal of the meeting is to pave the way for the openings of a U.S. Embassy in Havana and a Cuban Embassy in Washington.
Assailants in Bangladesh brutally murdered a prominent American blogger who championed liberal secular writing. Avijit Roy was hacked to death with machetes; he had allegedly received threats from Islamists.
The United States has no "monopoly" on nuclear weapons, the mouthpiece of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party warned on Friday as Pyongyang stepped up its rhetoric ahead of the annual joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
