By Sylvia Ramirez
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly has approved an Arab-backed resolution calling for a political transition in Syria and strongly condemning President Bashar Assad's regime for its escalating use of heavy weapons. The resolution was adopted Wednesday Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
MANAMA, Bahrain - The U.S. Navy is putting underwater drones through wartime-style drills as part of international mine-clearing exercises in the Persian Gulf following similar maneuvers by Iran. The U.S.-led exercises, which began last week, include operations Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - A German youth sailing team has announced it is withdrawing from the upcoming America's Cup regatta in the wake of the death last week of a sailor on a separate team. Andrew "Bart" Simpson, a member of Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
ANKARA, Turkey - A hospital says a Turkish woman who was the first to get pregnant with a transplanted donor womb has had her pregnancy terminated. Derya Sert was born without a womb and had one transplanted in August 2011. Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - NATO says four U.S. service personnel have been killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's volatile south. NATO spokesman Col. Thomas Collins said a powerful explosion ripped through a NATO convoy Tuesday in southern Kandahar province, Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya, calling the criticism a political sideshow. In his words, "there is no there there," Obama told Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Swedish fashion retailer H&M says it will commit to a fire and building safety plan drawn up by unions in Bangladesh, following the deaths of hundreds of garment workers last month. Describing safety issues as extremely Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
SAN FRANCISCO - America's Cup race officials said today that they are reviewing the safety of the boats being used in September's regatta in San Francisco following the death of a sailor Thursday in a capsizing during a practice run. Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
DHAKA, Bangladesh — A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000. Reshma survived, Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
ROME- Secretary of State John Kerry says the transfer of advanced missile defense systems from Russia to Syria would be a "destabilizing" factor for Israel's security. Kerry says the U.S. has expressed concerns about what the S-300 batteries in Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
ROME - U.S. officials say the Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid - but the money is for humanitarian purposes and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. U.S. officials tell The Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Police say the death toll from last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh has passed 700. The police control room overseeing the recovery operation says the toll reached 705 dead Tuesday afternoon as Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
BEIRUT - A Syrian activist group says Israel's weekend airstrike on a sprawling military complex near the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that the toll is Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
ROME - Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94. In announcing the death, Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno called Andreotti "the most representative Full Article
By Brian Shields
MEXICO CITY (AP) - President Barack Obama says there's another reason it's important to overhaul the U.S. immigration system: It's the amount of business conducted between the United States and Mexico. The White House says that last year alone, Full Article
By Sylvia Ramirez
MEXICO CITY - President Barack Obama heads to Mexico City today to meet with the new president, Enrique Pena Nieto. Obama is eager to promote Mexico's economic success, and the country's role as the second-largest export market for U.S. Full Article
