Pakistan has criticized a pair of NATO airstrikes on its territory that killed over 50 militants, saying they were a violation of its sovereignty. U.S. officials have said they have an agreement that allows aircraft to cross a few miles (kilometers)...

Dozens of drug traffickers and gang members were arrested in a large police operation in the Dominican Republic, officials said. The operation was launched on Saturday in the wake of a U.S. report that listed the Dominican Republic as a transit country...

A storm that thundered through New York City on Thursday turned the afternoon sky black, unleashed tornado-like squalls and stunned even jaded city dwellers with its ferocity, killing at least one person and stranding tens of thousands of evening...

Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers held in Iran as spies for over a year, has been freed from prison. Iran’s English language state television Press TV reported the news today after a deal apparently brokered by the Swiss embassy, which...

President Alan Garcia said he is willing to accept U.S. military aid to combat drug traffickers, provided that this help is in the logistical and training areas, a Peruvian newspaper reported Sunday, citing an interview the head of state recently...

Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes. Both men were cleared and released after...

When police arrived at a suburban Dallas mayor’s sprawling upscale home, they quickly realized something was very wrong. Rather than attend a City Council meeting, Mayor Jayne Peters had apparently taped an envelope to the door with a key and an...

The Cuban government on Wednesday agreed to release 52 political prisoners in the coming months, a dramatic move that may ease international criticism as well as save the life of a prominent dissident who has been on a hunger strike for four months to...

Violent storms that tore through the southern Plains killed five people and injured dozens more, leaving behind flattened homes, toppled semitrailers and downed power lines. Several tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma and Kansas on Monday as the storms...

The Iranian president told a meeting to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty there was not “a single credible proof” that Tehran had a secret weapons programme. Delegations from the United States, Britain and France walked out of the...