MANILA, Philippines – The U.S. military will have greater access to bases across the Philippines under a new 10-year agreement set to be signed Monday in conjunction with President Barack Obama's visit and seen as an effort by Washington to counter ...

MANILA, Philippines – The U.S. military will have greater access to bases across the Philippines under a new 10-year agreement set to be signed Monday in conjunction with President Barack Obama's visit and seen as an effort by Washington to counter ...

Sigrid Kaag, the diplomat heading the international mission to rid Syria of its chemical weapons, urged the regime of President Bashar al-Assad Sunday to remove the remaining dangerous chemicals from his territory, so watchdogs can meet their target of ...

Two of the most popular popes in recent history became saints on Sunday as Pope Francis presided over the historic canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II in a move seen as an effort to push for unity among different Catholic ideologies. “The Italian ...

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong Won will stay in office until the government's response to the ferry sinking has concluded, according to presidential spokesman Min Kyung Wook. Photographer: Park Young-Dae-Donga Daily via Getty Images.

2) “President Abbas has to decide whether he wants a pact with Hamas or peace with Israel. He cannot speak out of both sides of his mouth. He cannot embrace Hamas and say that he wants peace with Israel.” —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ...

... — Pro-Russian separatists have freed one of the eight European observers being detained in the eastern Ukraine city of Slaviansk on Sunday evening. The Swedish observer was escorted to an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ...

George Clooney stars in this weekend's top celebrity news story, as the Hollywood star reportedly has become engaged to his girlfriend, Amal Alamuddin. Comedy writers already are pouncing on the development, sounding shocked — given the 52-year-old ...

George Clooney stars in this weekend's top celebrity news story, as the Hollywood star reportedly has become engaged to his girlfriend, Amal Alamuddin. Comedy writers already are pouncing on the development, sounding shocked — given the 52-year-old ...

The civil rights lawyer who argued unsuccessfully before the Supreme Court to end Michigan's affirmative action ban repeated Sunday that the high court's decision was “racist.” “This is a racist decision that takes us back to an era of state's rights,” civil rights ...

The civil rights lawyer who argued unsuccessfully before the Supreme Court to end Michigan's affirmative action ban repeated Sunday that the high court's decision was “racist.” “This is a racist decision that takes us back to an era of state's rights,” civil rights ...

JERUSALEM -- At a time when the Middle East peace process appears stymied, Israel received an unexpected olive branch when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the Holocaust and expressed sympathy with its victims.

As expected, the Portuguese made several changes for the clash but his side provided their usual stubborn resistance at Anfield. Demba Ba capitalised on a mistake from Steven Gerrard before half-time and as the hosts poured forward, substitute Willian ...

South Korean authorities on Sunday expanded their probe into the ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing as search and rescue operations continued at a slow pace off the southern coast. Since the passenger ferry Sewol sank on April ...

There was an issue with iPhone 5 Sleep/Wake Button. When this problem occurred to your iPhone, you had two options: mail it in or take the iPhone to an Apple Store for a 4-6 day. Now, the company launched a replacement program for such users. The user ...

A relative weeps before yellow ribbons at Jindo harbour where relatives of family members of the 'Sewol' ferry are waiting for developments in the search and recovery operations, on April 27, 2014. Close. A relative weeps before yellow ribbons at Jindo ...

A relative weeps before yellow ribbons at Jindo harbour where relatives of family members of the 'Sewol' ferry are waiting for developments in the search and recovery operations, on April 27, 2014. Close. A relative weeps before yellow ribbons at Jindo ...

The tapestry showing Pope John Paul II hangs from the facade of St. Peter's Basilica during a solemn celebration led by Pope Francis I where two Popes, John Paul II and John XXIII, were canonized, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 27, 2014.

Tel Aviv, Israel — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a statement calling the Holocaust "the ugliest crime known to man in the modern era," a declaration which was promptly dismissed by the Israeli prime minister as pandering.

Pope John XXIII, who reigned from 1958 to 1963 and called the modernizing Second Vatican Council, and Pope John Paul II, who reigned for nearly 27 years before his death in 2005 and whose trips around the world made him the most visible pope in ...