At least 14 people were killed and 33 injured after an oil pipeline exploded Sunday morning in central Mexico, officials said.

Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi indicated Sunday that he will take part in the new Iraqi cabinet that his rival, incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, plans to present to parliament Monday -- effectively ending a months-long political stalemate.

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A pipeline exploded in central Mexico early Sunday as thieves were trying to steal oil, killing at least 22 people and sending rivers of flaming crude through ci..

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Sunday amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula and a North Korean warning of a "catastrophe" if South ..

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police found the body of a female American tourist, with multiple stab wounds and her hands bound behind her back, in a forest outside Jerusalem on Sunday ..

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate's Republican leader came out Sunday against a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, warning Democrats not to rush through President Barack Obama's foreign p..

The body of a female tourist missing since Saturday was found outside Jerusalem on Sunday morning, an Israeli police spokesman said.

A political standoff has forced nearly 4,000 citizens of northwest Ivory Coast to flee to neighboring countries, prompting fears of regional insecurity, according to the United Nations.

A fire ravaged a hotel in northern Philippines on Sunday, killing 15 people, most burned beyond recognition, authorities said.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook parts of Indonesia Sunday morning, including areas decimated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2004.

An Israeli military strike killed five Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday night, the Palestinian Authority\'s official news agency reported.

At Russia\'s urging, the U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday morning aimed at defusing simmering tensions in the Korean peninsula.

American Amanda Knox won a major victory Saturday in her appeal of the murder conviction in the death of her British roommate when an Italian appellate judge granted approval of independent forensic reviews on two key pieces of evidence. FULL STORY l Man loses appeal

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has voted to overturn the military's ban on openly gay troops and sent the bill to President Barack Obama. He's expected to sign it into law next week,..

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday ordered all U.N. peacekeeping forces out of the country a day after Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called on the disputed re-election winner to step down.

Iraq moved a couple of steps closer Saturday to forming a government after a maddening year marked by political squabbling and paralysis.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says it is "incredibly disappointing" that Senate Republicans blocked a bill to grant some illegal immigrants a chance to gain legal status..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to grant hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children a chance to gain legal status..

State and federal authorities in Mexico traded barbs over the escape of 141 inmates from a border city prison as police stepped up security and searched for convicts on the run.

Iran\'s nuclear chief was sworn as the country\'s acting foreign minister on Saturday after the country\'s longtime top diplomat was ousted in a power play.