U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a $6.3 billion bill to fund cancer research, drug addiction recovery and mental health services, in what likely will be his final law signed…

Negotiations between President Joseph Kabila’s political alliance and the Congolese opposition got under way Tuesday in Kinshasa, with the Catholic Church mediating. In the absence of elections, these talks are…

U.S. food giant ConAgra pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of sending contaminated peanut butter to stores in 47 states. The company will pay a record $11.2 million…

U.S. food giant ConAgra pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges of sending contaminated peanut butter to stores in 47 states. The company will pay a record $11.2 million…

A group of U.S. lawmakers is making a year-end push to suspend millions of dollars in military assistance to Honduras, citing mounting human rights concerns, including the slaying of high-profile…

A group of U.S. lawmakers is making a year-end push to suspend millions of dollars in military assistance to Honduras, citing mounting human rights concerns, including the slaying of high-profile…

Colombia’s government can move laws needed to carry out the country’s peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels through Congress more quickly than usual, the Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday. Both…

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni won an initial vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament Tuesday after laying out a limited program for his new government, which might…

In an unusual display of public candor, Iranian authorities have said in recent speeches that Islamic State infiltrators are becoming a growing threat to the Islamic Republic. At least three…

Lamiya Bashar, disfigured by a mine blast while escaping enslavement by Islamic State, received the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression Tuesday. …

Lamiya Bashar, disfigured by a mine blast while escaping enslavement by Islamic State, received the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought and expression Tuesday. …

Islamic State is claiming responsibility for Sunday’s suicide bombing at Cairo’s Coptic Orthodox Church that killed at least 25 people. The terror group warned of more attacks in its online…

The Afghan government announced late Tuesday that it had launched an investigation into allegations a former provincial governor was abducted, tortured and raped by security officials acting under the authority…

Brazilian senators on Tuesday passed a 20-year public spending ceiling proposed by President Michel Temer to control a ballooning budget deficit, a crucial step in an austerity drive to rescue…

Quadriplegia, mostly due to cervical spinal cord injury caused by traffic accidents, falls and violence, deprives patients of control of all their limbs. For the rest of their lives, such…

Kanye West met Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss what he said were “multicultural issues,” including bullying, education and violence. West’s meeting at Trump Tower sent social media…

Kanye West met Republican President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to discuss what he said were “multicultural issues,” including bullying, education and violence. West’s meeting at Trump Tower sent social media…

In its latest annual report, the World Health Organization says strong progress has been made in the fight against malaria, particularly in offering effective control programs for children and pregnant…

In its latest annual report, the World Health Organization says strong progress has been made in the fight against malaria, particularly in offering effective control programs for children and pregnant…

Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill Tuesday imposing a 20-week abortion ban while vetoing stricter provisions in a separate measure that would have barred the procedure at the first…

Giovanni Guerrero says he has been “staying in more and more lately.” The third-year aerospace engineering student at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo is both a member…

France is Western Europe’s top exporter of jihadists, but it’s a regional laggard when it comes to programs to combat radicalization. That’s changing – but maybe not fast enough. With…

More than 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency. But new technology could provide the solution. So-called off-grid solar systems have plummeted…

Portugal’s António Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth U.N. secretary-general. The former prime minister and U.N. refugee chief beat out more than a dozen other candidates to lead…