Two more people succumbed to injuries suffered when a truck carrying fireworks to a religious procession exploded in Mexico, raising the overall death toll to 16, a state agency reported, according to the government news agency.

North Korea Stubborn On Negotiation Talks Over Nucleur Weapons

Citing a "series of irresponsible and reckless provocations" by Pyongyang, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he is determined to ensure protection of the U.S. homeland and stay ahead of the North Korean missile threat.

The United States will deploy additional ground-based missile interceptors on the West Coast.

March 15th is the uprising anniversary date used by opposition. Revolutionaries speak about past, current conditions. Activist concerned about some involved in rebellion. Government says it will prevail, calls rebels terrorists.

Passengers get letter from captain apologizing, explaining plans to fly people home. The ship's emergency generator failed while docked at Philipsburg, St. Maarten.

It was the latest Iranian move aimed at thwarting American military airborne intelligence efforts in the region.

The president says a two-state solution is the answer for Israeli security. Obama says he's been 'crystal clear' on Iran's possession of a nuclear weapon.

Stocks flirted with a new all-time high Thursday, as the S&P 500 closed just shy of its record.

Pope Francis began his first morning as pontiff by praying Thursday at Rome's main basilica dedicated to the Virgin Mary, a day after cardinals elected him the first pope from the Americas in a bid to revive a Catholic Church in crisis and give it a preacher with a humble touch.

The mostly Latino congregation at Our Lady Of Guadalupe is excited that the new pope, Francis, is a Latino too.

Some international pharmaceutical companies have limited supplies to Greece, and increased fears of a parallel export trade as wholesalers and pharmacies look for cash.

Seven men did not get fair trials, United Nations says. Saudi official news source quotes passage in Quran about stealing. U.N. says men may have been tortured and forced to confess.

Iranian state media: "Argo" gives a distorted image of the Iranian pe French lawyer says she will defend Iran against films that harm the country. The film does not purport to be an exact account of events. Iran is also to fund a cinematic response to "Argo."

Deborah Jones was nominated as the next ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed in the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack in Benghazi.

A new Catholic Pope was elected Wednesday evening in Vatican City.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina selected new Pope; he will take the name "Francis"

The princes of the Roman Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel for a second day Wednesday to try and decide on a new pope to replace Benedict XVI, but failed again in their morning round of voting to pick a man for the job.

A widely published photo shows Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embracing Hugo Chavez's mother at the funeral of the late Venezuelan president in what is seen as taboo-breaking behavior in Iran.

Authorities have completed an autopsy of Ram Singh, one of the men accused of gang raping and fatally beating a woman on a New Delhi bus.

The cardinals tasked with electing the Roman Catholic Church's new pope began Tuesday morning with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

The award ceremony for Capt. Emil Kapaun is scheduled for April 11. Members of his family will attend.

In Vatican City, 115 cardinals are holding their final meetings before gathering Tuesday for to begin the conclave to elect a new pope.

Mexican smugglers have used tunnels, cars, boats and even the human body in attempts to sneak drugs past U.S. agents in an endless cat-and-mouse game on the U.S.-Mexico border.

A 13-year-old boy who had confessed to being an assassin for a Mexican drug cartel was among six people found murdered execution-style, authorities in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas have confirmed.