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.
Jury selection was beginning on Tuesday for a long-awaited trial in which Michael Jackson's mother is seeking billions of dollars from tour promoters she blames for her son's 2009 death.
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday voted to adopt the Arms Trade Treaty, which regulates the multi-billion-US dollar international arms trade.
ATT should be reached through consensus: China
Ambassador Cui Tiankai, the new Chinese Ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington, DC on Tuesday to assume office.
The US government said on Tuesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would violate its international obligation if it restarts operations at the Nyongbyon nuclear complex.
The Chinese delegation from Zhengding county, Heibei province, had signed a sister-city agreement with Muscatine, a small city of Iowa.
With the presidential election less than two weeks away, Venezuelan Acting President Nicolas Maduro led opposition leader Henrique Capriles by 20 percent in latest polls.
Brazil's Development Bank (BNDES) announced on Monday the launch of a 3-billion-real plan to develop the country's energy sector.
Prosecutors in Colorado will seek the death penalty for accused movie theater gunman James Holmes in the 2012 slaying of 12 people during a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises".
The US Navy is moving a sea-based radar platform closer to the Korean Peninsula in order to monitor military moves of the DPRK, including possible new missile launches.
Russia was ready to hold constructive dialogue with the United States on the basis of equality and non-interference, the country's Foreign Ministry said Monday.
United States-based visual effects company Prana Studios Inc has won the bidding to acquire Rhythm & Hues Studios, the Oscar-winning visual effects and animation company, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Feb 13.
An accident involving 75 vehicles has killed 3 people in US state of Virginia.