SEOUL — South Korea's prime minister has offered his resignation over a passenger ferry disaster earlier this month that left over 300 dead and missing. President Park Geun-hye has yet to accept the resignation from the mainly ceremonial post, and bodies ...

The Group of Seven major economies has agreed to "move swiftly" on new sanctions against Russia because of Russia's actions in Ukraine. In a joint statement released late Friday, the G-7 nations (- the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Gernamy, Italy and ...

The Group of Seven major economies has agreed to "move swiftly" on new sanctions against Russia because of Russia's actions in Ukraine. In a joint statement released late Friday, the G-7 nations (- the U.S., Canada, Britain, France, Gernamy, Italy and ...

U.S. military officials said Friday that Russian aircraft flew into Ukrainian airspace several times in the previous 24 hours. A Pentagon spokesman called on Moscow "to take immediate steps to de-escalate the situation." The official gave no details on where the ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are warning North Korea against conducting another nuclear weapons test. During a joint news conference in Seoul Friday, Mr. Obama said Pyongyang will get nothing except ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are warning North Korea against conducting another nuclear weapons test. During a joint news conference in Seoul Friday, Mr. Obama said Pyongyang will get nothing except ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, are warning North Korea against conducting another nuclear weapons test. During a joint news conference in Seoul Friday, Mr. Obama said Pyongyang will get nothing except ...

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan strongly condemned an attack Thursday on a convoy of U.N. barges taking supplies to staff and displaced civilians in Malakal, Upper Nile State. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters the attack, which injured ...

U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour, with a warning to North Korea against conducting a fourth nuclear test. In a newspaper interview with South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo, released just before his arrival ...

JOHANNESBURG — As general elections in South Africa approach, many young people who were born after the end of apartheid will vote for the first time, but not all of them are keen to do so. ANC, EFF, DA, COPE... these parties' campaigns are in full swing ...

Australian authorities say debris that washed ashore in the western part of the country is not related to the missing Malaysian jetliner. The unidentified material was found near the coastal town of Augusta, southeast of where a massive multinational search for ...

The confirmed death toll from the South Korean ferry disaster climbed to 146 Wednesday, one week since the passenger boat capsized off the country's southwest coast. Divers are slowly working their way through the third and fourth floors of the Sewol ferry.

DONETSK, UKRAINE — Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine say they plan to move forward next month with a referendum vote for greater autonomy, despite the Geneva agreement reached with Russia, the U.S. and Ukraine to end the political conflict.

Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has ordered security forces to resume "anti-terror" operations in eastern Ukraine, after a local politician from his own party and a second person were found dead with signs of torture. The order was made ...

Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has ordered security forces to resume "anti-terror" operations in eastern Ukraine, after a local politician from his own party and a second person were found dead with signs of torture. The order was made ...

Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has ordered security forces to resume "anti-terror" operations in eastern Ukraine, after a local politician from his own party and a second person were found dead with signs of torture. The order was made ...

GENEVA — The U.N. Children's Fund warns that nearly 250,000 children in war-torn South Sudan will suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year and tens of thousands could die if more is not done to help them. UNICEF spokesman Christophe ...

GENEVA — The U.N. Children's Fund warns that nearly 250,000 children in war-torn South Sudan will suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year and tens of thousands could die if more is not done to help them. UNICEF spokesman Christophe ...

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday accused opposition forces in Bentiu of carrying out targeted killings, including of children, and inciting "vengeful sexual violence" against women after they captured the town last week from ...

Officials in South Sudan say gunmen have raided a United Nations compound housing 5,000 civilians and U.N. peacekeepers, killing at least 20 people and wounding 60. Officials say armed youths overran the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) ...