Kerry Calls Karzai After Afghan Leader Backs Out of Peace Talks

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State John Kerry was quickly dispatched to do some damage control on Wednesday after Afghanistan's president threatened to scuttle peace talks with the Taliban.... Read More

Hug Leads to Death of Sunni Leader in Iraq

(BAGHDAD) -- A moderate Sunni leader was killed in Iraq Wednesday when a suicide bomber took him into an embrace. Younis al-Rammah, who heads the United Iraq Gathering in Nineveh Provinc... Read More

Turkey Seeks to Restrict Social Media Use

(ANKARA, Turkey) -- Turkey's government, considered the most tolerant among Muslim countries when it comes to human rights, is now targeting social media. After nearly three weeks of civ... Read More

Angelina Jolie Meets with Syrian War Refugees

(NEW YORK) -- While her fiancé Brad Pitt is busy promoting his latest zombie thriller World War Z , Angelina Jolie took time to meet with refugees who have been displaced by Syria's... Read More

Afghanistan Backs Out of Peace Talks with US, Taliban

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- There's been a big setback to establishing peace in war-torn Afghanistan. A day after the Taliban opened a new office in Qatar, supposedly to help kickstart the p... Read More

US Troops Conducting Military Exercises on Syrian Border

(NEW YORK) -- U.S forces are sending a message to the Syrian regime by conducting training exercises across the border in Jordan. ABC's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz is th... Read More

Assange Says WikiLeaks Helping Snowden Get Asylum in Iceland

(LONDON) -- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that his group has been in touch with lawyers for Edward Snowden, the man who says he’s behind the National Security Agency leaks.... Read More

The Royal Baby Countdown: Details of Palace Plans Emerge

(LONDON) -- It will likely be the most anticipated, most-reported birth of the year. Sometime around mid-July, the Duchess of Cambridge -- formerly known as Kate Middleton -- will give b... Read More

Peace? Not Quite – Taliban Kill Four US Soldiers

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed overnight in what a U.S. official called an “indirect fire” attack at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The Taliban claim... Read More

More Talk than Action at G-8 Summit's Conclusion

(NEW YORK) -- The two-day G-8 Summit in Northern Ireland ended Tuesday with a whisper, not a bang. In the final communiqué, the U.S. and its allies issued a general message on rev... Read More