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China and Russia veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the crackdown in Syria, a day after 260 people are reportedly killed by government forces in Homs.

Braving bitter cold, Muscovites in favor of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and those convinced parliamentary election results were rigged took to the streets Saturday.

Fidel Castro has released a previously unannounced two-volume memoir of his life, Cuban state-run media reported Saturday.

"A piece of shrapnel had gone through his head. My son is dead, and his loss is killing me and my wife. He was the only son I had," says a man in Mazar-e Sharif.

U.S. Park Police in riot gear entered the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square in downtown Washington early Saturday.

Iranian forces began a series of airborne war games Saturday aimed at improving combat preparedness, the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported.

Twelve people died over two days in clashes between Egyptian police and protesters amid reports of inadequate security at a soccer match that devolved into a riot in which 79 fans were killed, officials said Saturday.

At least 37 people were killed during a shootout at a meeting to resolve cattle disputes in South Sudan, officials said Saturday, the latest in a spate of violence in the world's newest nation.

Heavy rains left thousands stranded in eastern Australia on Saturday as authorities warned of more flooding and urged several communities to flee to higher ground.

Nine people die in two days of clashes between Egyptian police and protesters amid reports of inadequate security at a deadly soccer match, officials say.

Charges have been dismissed against an Army soldier accused in what prosecutors described as a conspiracy to kill Afghan civilians for sport and then cover it up, the military said Friday.

Mitt Romney has a chance on Saturday to do what no Republican presidential candidate has done so far this cycle: win two contests back to back.

More than 200 people are reported killed in Syria, hours before the U.N. Security Council is likely to vote on a draft resolution intended to pressure Syria.

The United States accused Sudan of targeting civilians in recent airstrikes, including one that destroyed a Bible school in South Kordofan, an oil-rich Sudanese province that borders the newly created independent country of South Sudan.

Pfc. Bradley E. Manning, who is suspected of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, will be court martialed on charges that could lead to a sentence of life in prison, the Army said Friday in a statement.

Justice Department prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.

The loose organization of hackers known as Anonymous released a recording Friday of a telephone call between the FBI and New Scotland Yard that it claims to have recorded surreptitiously.

Senior Iranian lawmakers are considering a boycott of Samsung, the South Korean electronics and appliance manufacturer, because of a controversial Israeli ad that pokes fun at the nuclear crisis, state-run Press TV of Iran said Friday.

Faced with a deluge of opposition that included pressure from lawmakers and internal dissent, one of America's leading breast cancer advocacy groups on Friday reversed itself on a decision that would have cut off funding to some Planned Parenthood projects.

A Libyan diplomat died 24 hours after he was detained by a militia based in the city of Zintan, Human Rights Watch said.