UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
A World Trade Organization panel circulated a report Friday regarding the dispute of China's anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on chicken products from the United States.
The US Friday issued a global travel alert over possible terrorist attacks, one day after it announced the closure of embassies in the Mideast region.
UK to close embassy in Yemen as Ramadan ends
US embassies in Abu Dhabi, Baghdad and Cairo that would be open Sunday will be closed that day because of unspecified security concerns.
The US Army was overwhelmed when WikiLeaks published more than 700,000 secret diplomatic and war documents handed over by soldier Bradley Manning, a retired officer testified in the sentencing phase of the convicted private's court-martial.
The head of the US National Security Agency defended the government's much-criticized surveillance program against hecklers among a crowd of computer systems analysts on Wednesday.
New revelations from Edward Snowden that United States intelligence agencies have access to a vast online tracking tool came to light on Wednesday, as lawmakers put the secret surveillance programs under greater scrutiny.
Fleeing US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has received temporary asylum in Russia for one year, and has moved to a safe place, a lawyer assisting him said Thursday.
High-level talks between Russia and the US scheduled for next week in Washington are "up in the air" and a September summit also is in doubt after Russia granted asylum to Snowden.Russia grants Snowden 1 year's asylum
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Four Cuban boxers will begin training in China this week in preparation for the 2013 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Kazakhstan in October and the World Series of Boxing the following month.
Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized Pyongyang ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control centers.
A 25-year old college student reached a $4.1 million settlement with the US government after he was abandoned in a windowless cell for more than four days without food or water.
The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden told Russian television that he is grateful to President Vladimir Putin and his government for protecting his son.