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President Barack Obama put an international spin on his domestic economic agenda on Saturday, touting deeper ties and trade partnerships at a weekend summit in Colombia that is bringing together most of the hemisphere's leaders.

NEW YORK (AP) -- It's official: Brangelina is engaged....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The last five Chinese fishing boats at the center of a dangerous impasse between China and the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, officials said Saturday....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct....

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle have killed eight Shiite Muslims in a pair of sectarian attacks in southwest Pakistan....

The BBC's David Sillito meets the girls who play Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre in London.

Baltimore police say they made an arrest in a violent robbery in March that left a man battered and stripped of his clothes on a street while onlookers laughed and did nothing to help.

Key talks on Iran's controversial nuclear programme, which have resumed after a 15-month impasse, are described as "positive" and "constructive".

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The last five Chinese fishing boats at the center of a dangerous impasse between China and the Philippines have left a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, diffusing the standoff, officials said Saturday....

An initiative aimed at speeding up justice in magistrates' courts is leading to miscarriages of justice, defence lawyers tell the BBC.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Federal documents filed by a NASA fraud investigator indicate a former head of the Mine Safety and Health Administration and the Catholic college in West Virginia where he works conspired for six years to misuse millions of grant dollars from the space agency for personal gain and the school's benefit....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of Columbia, federal health authorities said Friday....

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg takes his first pole position as he beats Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time in Chinese GP qualifying.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- International envoy Kofi Annan warned Thursday that Syria is drifting toward full-blown civil war and blamed the failure of his peace plan primarily on President Bashar Assad's government. He urged the divided U.N. Security Council to threaten "consequences" if Assad doesn't stop the violence....

PARIS (AP) -- France on Wednesday warned that if Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't fully implement an international peace plan it will seek U.N. action under a provision that includes possible military action....

Briton's death in China probed by press

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-touted satellite launch ended in a nearly $1 billion failure, bringing humiliation to the country's new young leader and condemnation from a host of nations. The United Nations Security Council deplored the launch but stopped short of imposing new penalties in response....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's much-touted satellite launch ended in a nearly $1 billion failure, bringing humiliation to the country's new young leader and condemnation from a host of nations. The United Nations Security Council deplored the launch but stopped short of imposing new penalties in response....

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- A dozen Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty because of allegations of misconduct....