Iraq's federal court says Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to abolish the largely ceremonial posts of vice president and deputy prime minister is unconstitutional.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, whose career included internationally high-profile cases in private practice as well as a stint as federal prosecutor, died Sunday after a battle with cancer, just days after announcing he would be undergoing treatment. He was 50.
The president of Kazakhstan says King Abdullah II of Jordan will be the first recipient of a new award established by the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation to mark contributions to global security and nuclear disarmament.
France's interior minister says Britain has a "moral duty" to take in all children with family links to the UK who are living in a border refugee camp on the French side of the English Channel.
A Cambodian court has sentenced an opposition lawmaker who has been a strong critic of the government's handling of demarcating the border with neighboring Vietnam to 2 1/2 years in prison over online postings he made.
Hundreds of students are protesting at a top South African university amid a bitter national dispute with university managers and the government over demonstrators' demands for free education.
The Dutch government is sending a navy ship to Haiti to deliver aid including food, water and shelters and to check the ravaged nation's ports and waterways to ensure other aid vessels can safely dock in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
Anna Young’s race photo from the REVEL Big Cottonwood Canyon Half Marathon wasn’t your typical hunched-over, mouth agape, eyes-begging-for-the-finish-line shot.
On April 28, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided to take extended medical leave from the Fox Business Network, my work home for six years, to seek treatment.
A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest key developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.
Police in Turkey's capital have used tear gas and water cannon to push back hundreds of activists trying to reach Ankara's main train station to commemorate more than a hundred victims of an attack blamed on Islamic State militants.