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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Hours after a failed rocket launch criticized abroad as a covert test of missile technology, North Korea's new leader underlined the country's "military first" policy with a budget that allocates a sizable chunk of funding to defense spending....

A teenager from Birmingham is charged by police investigating hoax calls to a Scotland Yard counter-terrorism hotline.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — More than a dozen possible tornadoes were reported Saturday as forecasters warned residents across the nation's midsection to brace for "life-threatening" weather.

Reported tornadoes targeted Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa during the day, but the most dangerous weather is expected Saturday night into Sunday morning. National ...

The son of murdered former president Burhanuddin Rabbani is appointed to replace him as Afghanistan's lead peace negotiator with the Taliban.

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is said to have been admitted to hospital in Libya to receive blood transfusions.

Dean Obeidallah says it makes sense that a Marine who said he wouldn't follow orders from Obama faces discharge

Alabama follows Diaz and others and rejects Smith in holding that a cell phone’s text messages are subject to a search incident. Gracie v. State, 2011 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 123 (December 16, 2011)* [Note: It’s always easier to let some other court do your thinking for you. Alabama has a subscription only website for state opinions that I won’t pay for since its opinions are so shallow.]

Defendant was stopped for driving too slow in the left lane and impeding traffic. The video showed trucks slowing and passing on the right. Shell v. State, 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 391 (April 12, 2012).*

911 caller said that the police stopped the wrong man, so officers looked at the two men nearest. Finding a gun on one did not dissipate the reasonable suspicion as to the other because the officer did not have to consider the stop over. United States v. Woods, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51607 (W.D. Mo. April 6, 2012).*

Talks got under way Saturday in Turkey between Iran and six world powers, as international diplomats seek to persuade Tehran to rein in its nuclear program.

A Titanic crewman and a countess who made friends

The families of two Titanic survivors have met for the first time, 100 years after the ship sank.

The government says it is right to continue with contingency plans for a fuel strike, despite a deal appearing to be near.

South Sudan says Sudan has bombed several places in its territory including a market in Bentiu.

A pensioner's home is damaged in an arson attack in Ballycastle.

A group of Secret Service agents face allegations of misconduct that involves prostitution -- and they might not be the only Americans who engaged in inappropriate conduct at a Colombian hotel.

As the annual Grand National fever hits the country once more the Today programme presents its own pinsticker's guide to the big race.

A woman is dragged from her car by four men who threatened her with a knife in Londonderry.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to debut a talk show, "The World Tomorrow," on Russia's state-funded television network next week.

Tickets go on sale for a League Two football match between Gillingham and Swindon Town in spite of all fans being banned from the game.

Spain's King Juan Carlos undergoes hip replacement surgery following a fall on a private trip to Botswana, the Royal Palace says.

CNN has interviewed women in all branches of the armed forces, including the Coast Guard, who tell stories that follow a similar pattern -- a sexual assault, a command dismissive of the allegations and a psychiatric discharge.