Nearly 10,000 troops and civilians have been deployed to Brazil's southern border region, in a show of force against illicit traffickers of all kinds who operate in the region, Brazil's defense ministry said.

At least 10 people died in three separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, including an service member for NATO's International Security Assistance Force, according to Afghan government and ISAF officials.

Seven athletes from Cameroon's delegation to the London Olympics have gone missing, the country's head of mission said Tuesday.

Gas prices continued their slow but steady march higher Tuesday, surpassing a nationwide average of $3.63 cents a gallon on the back of refinery problems in the United States and higher crude oil prices globally.

Hundreds of white supremacist groups are active in the United States today and are experiencing a kind of resurgence, experts say.

More than a million people, U.S. officials estimate, could benefit from the Obama administration's deferred deportation program aimed at illegal immigrants younger than 30 who came to the United States before the age of 16.

Windsurfers took to the sea Tuesday for what could be the last time in an Olympic Games if the International Sailing Federation gets its way.

Since the recession, small businesses trying to get bank loans have faced tougher credit standards -- and little has changed.

NASA's rover Curiosity successfully carried out a highly challenging landing on Mars early Monday, transmitting images back to Earth after traveling hundreds of millions of miles through space to explore the red planet.

Opposition reports at least 116 deaths in fighting across the country Monday. Analysts say Riyad Hijab's departure is a symbolic blow for Syria's government.

When a car ran a red light late Saturday afternoon, Las Vegas police didn't notice a driver in the front seat. After a brief chase, they discovered there was a driver - who had been shot to death in the car.

6 died, and so did gunman Wade Page in Sunday's assault on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The Governor is encouraging Kansans to join in the mourning for the victims.

A pan-Arab television station aired a video Sunday purporting to show Syrian rebels guarding a group of Iranians abducted a day earlier and promising more attacks on Iranian targets.

Britain's Andy Murray gained revenge for his Wimbledon singles defeat to Roger Federer by demolishing the world No. 1 to claim Olympic gold for Team GB.

Iran claims it has successfully test-fired an upgraded version of a short-range ballistic missile.

Negotiating teams from Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to end a dispute on oil payments to allow the resumption of southern oil exports through Sudan's territories, Sudan's state-run Ashorooq TV reported early Saturday, citing official sources.

Rebel and Syrian forces battled early Saturday for a building that houses state-run TV and radio studios in Aleppo, a day after the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that slams the Syrian government for its actions and the U.N. Security Council for its failure to counter the crisis.

Prosecutors argued that 17-year old Shafilea Ahmed was killed because of her Westernized lifestyle. Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed are now sentenced to life in prison in their daughter's death.

The Kansas National Guard’s 73rd Civil Support Team planned to leave Camp Atterbury Friday to join a national exercise preparing for a nuclear detonation in the U.S.

The parents of a 17-year-old girl will spend at least 25 years in a British prison for the death of their daughter after the couple's conviction Friday for killing her because of her Westernized lifestyle, a court spokeswoman said Friday.

The parents of a 17-year-old girl will spend at least 25 years in a British prison for the death of their daughter after the couple's conviction Friday for killing her because of her Westernized lifestyle, a court spokeswoman said Friday.

Violence worsened across Syria on Friday as defiant demonstrators took to the streets and the U.N. General Assembly got ready to vote on a resolution slamming what it views as the Security Council's failing role in the crisis.

New commercial satellite photos continue to show that Iran is trying to cover up work started at a facility it has been using for high explosives tests related to what the United States believes is that country's nuclear weapons program, according to a former international weapons inspector who has been closely flowing Iran's nuclear ambitions.

A patent application filed by Apple reveals an interesting possible development of iPad's Smart Cover, which may get a display of its own down the road

The hospital at the center of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now dealing with 30 suspected cases, including five from Kibaale prison, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa said Thursday.