Latest and Breaking World News and Top Stories - June 20
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Can football heal wounds inflicted in 1994 Buenos Aires bombing?
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Doctors without Borders say "the worst outbreak" is likely to spread if world leaders do not step up assistance.
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Century-old boundaries in the Mideast are dissolving, believes one expert who says the only comfort is that we're "starting to run out of places the European imperialists screwed up."
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Startups are taking on space. Two firms have figured out how to photograph the Earth -- quicker, faster and cheaper
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Filipe Masetti Leite spent two years riding on horseback from Canada to get to the World Cup in Brazil.
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Police were conducting car-by-car searches after the shooting at an outdoor music venue near Denver.
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85 Chile soccer fans were arrested after breaking through a barrier in Brazil.
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A rare white whale named "Migaloo" was spotted Tuesday swimming off the coast of Australia.
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In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a group of Indios were evicted to make room for the construction of a World Cup stadium.
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The DoD and the VA can't say if their doctors are successfully treating troops and veterans with PTSD, claims a study released Friday.
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Aid agencies say the exodus from Mosul, Iraq, has been one of the fastest they've ever monitored.
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At least 11 people have died in the biggest Bulgarian coastal city, Varna, as a result of massive flash flooding and mudslides, the Interior Ministry said.
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Calls for UN mediation in Afghan election crisis gain momentum; bomb kills 3 Americans
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JERUSALEM — It started with a social media campaign designed to raise awareness and support for three Israeli teenagers abducted a week ago in the West Bank. However, as with much related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a twitter ha...
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Chris Christie said Republicans need to stop being “punching bags” on social issues and slammed President Barack Obama for a lack of leadership.
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PARIS — “I am not an anti-Semite,” French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala says with a devilish grin near the start of his hit show at this city’s Théâtre de la Main d’Or. Then come the Jew jokes. In front of a packed house, he apes Alai...
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The Obama administration announced a CEO position to oversee the Obamacare marketplace that provides health coverage in 36 states.
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Poroshenko says troops will halt military action for seven days in effort to de-escalate conflict with pro-Russian separatists in east Continue reading...
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National apartment occupancy in May soared to the highest level in at least six years, even as new units are being built.
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The Passport Office is having to deal with a far higher backlog than previously thought, figures reveal.
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Iraqi troops battling for control of the vital Baiji oil refinery are outnumbered, surrounded and trapped inside the facility, U.S. source told ABC News. "There is very little the Iraqi government can do to save or liberate those guys," ...
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Ukraine's President Poroshenko declares a week-long unilateral ceasefire with pro-Russian militants, as he visits the restive east of the country.
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Anglo-Dutch oil giant shell is braced to pay up to £30m in compensation after two oil spills in Nigeria, but lawyers for the communities affected say the company has a responsibility to protects its pipelines from thieves.
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Ukraine President Poroshenko orders cease-fire for 7 days, makes 1st visit to restive east
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Spain's new King Felipe VI promises to restore trust in institutions, like the monarchy, battered by scandals.
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Most of the security service MI5's casework now involves tracking Britons fighting with Syria extremist groups.
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Avie Howell, who killed Ben and Catherine Mullany in 2008, is shot during confrontation with officer after escaping previous day Continue reading...
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Vice President Biden flies to Central America to address flood of children migrating north
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There’s a reason the Chinese authorities are not known for their sense of humor. They even stopped the artist Han Bing when he went to Tiananmen Square with the latest trendy object in the Chinese art world — a pet cabbage.
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Roy Hodgson will remain as England manager until 2016, according to Football Association chairman Greg Dyke.
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Almost 60,000 refugees have made the potentially deadly voyage to Italy since the start of 2014 alone.
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Starbucks will raise prices of some drinks and its brand of packaged coffee.
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Rick Perry has acknowledged it was a mistake for him to compare alcoholism and homosexuality in explaining his views.
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Taxi! Soviet-era limos that once belonged to Fidel Castro now chauffeur tourists in Havana
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Eleven Narenji employees sentenced to up to 11 years as Hassan Rouhani administration's tries to improve ties with west Continue reading...
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Clashes in Yemen between Shiite rebels and Islamist tribesmen kill 85 in a week
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More than a million Iraqis have been forced from their homes by conflict this year. That number looks likely to rise as conflict spreads.
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The bid battle for France's rail and energy group Alstom shifts in favour of General Electric after the US firm agrees to work with French state on a new offer.
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A gun battle erupted on Friday between armed men in police uniforms and the guards of the governor of Paktia Province, who supported Ashraf Ghani in the recent presidential election.
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Students in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, praying for the safety of Indians kidnapped by militants in Iraq.
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Islamist militants and pro-government forces battle for Iraq's Baiji oil refinery and Tal Afar, after the US said it would send military advisers.
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A statement by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani also said his call to arms against the Sunni insurgency was an appeal to all Iraqis, not just Shiites.
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The organic movement’s claims about the sustainability of its methods are dubious, say Henry I. Miller and Richard Cornett.
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Rick Snyder signs off on major step to address financial crisis Plan would save Detroit's art collection and reduce pension cut Continue reading...
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As tensions rise in the Iraq capital, Sunnis reveal concerns about Isis, and some say they are ready to rise up against Shia militia Continue reading...
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John Miller 'hyper-concerned' over threat to New York US citizens believed to be fighting with groups including Isis Continue reading...
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Putin speaks to Iraqi prime minister, expresses support for his policy
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The town of Yulin, near China's border with Vietnam, is like a lot of the country's other bustling regional cities, except for one thing: Every year at the summer solstice, it holds a festival where town residents quaff copious amounts o...
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The Dow Jones industrial average flirted with 17,000 for the first time on Friday, just 7 months after closing above 16,000 for the first time.
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A U.S. Army general who became the face of a sexual assault problem plaguing the military was demoted two grades from brigadier general to lieutenant colonel.
