SEOUL/WASHINGTON Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:29pm EST
Politics
WASHINGTON Tue Dec 23, 2014 2:33pm EST
President Barack Obama is pleased Sony has decided to release "The Interview" in some theaters, after earlier bowing to pressure from a cyberattack blamed on North Korea, the White House said on Tuesday.
TOKYO Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:18am EST
The U.N. human rights chief is decrying the resumption of capital punishment in his home country of Jordan. The kingdom ended an eight-year moratorium Sunday by executing 11 men convicted of capital crimes.
Satellite imagery indicate that 290 cultural heritage sites in Syria, whose history stretches back to the dawn of civilization, have been damaged by its ongoing civil war, theUnited Nations' training and research arm (UNITAR) said on Tuesday.
Russia's government has pushed the country into an economic crisis by not tackling its financial problems fast enough, former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday, warning the full effects would be felt next year.
UK Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced a package of measures to identify and support veterans when entering and leaving prison.
HAVANA—
Stepping out of his legendary brother's shadow, President Raul Castro has scored a diplomatic triumph and a surge in popular support with the deal that ends decades of open hostility with the United States.
The U.N. Children’s Fund reports that the conflict in Ukraine is having a terrible impact on more than 1.7 million children.
U.S. President Barack Obama has vowed that U.S will respond "proportionally" to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures that the FBI has blamed on North Korea.