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Obama administration urges Supreme Court to strike down Defense of Marriage Act

Mexico drug war disappearances laid bare

Cuban president Raul Castro hints at retirement

South Korea nuclear weapons possible within 6 months, newspaper says

US denies considering removing Cuba from terror list

Analysis: Hyderabad bombings raise specter of Hindu-Muslim violence

China’s a third wheel in US-Japan relationship

As Obama winds down Afghan war, what’s next for Gitmo?

Outer-space ouster? Opposition group tries to send Egypt's Morsi to space

Senator Lindsey Graham estimates US drone strikes have killed 4,700

John Kerry prepares for inaugural trip as secretary of state

Number of the Day: 15 (chart)

South Korea calls for development of nuclear weapons

3 hanged in Japan in first executions since new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office

In North Korea and Middle East, US should rework failed policies

New leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, same security forces

Documentary film shakes up Italy

Kenya's chief justice 'threatened' over Kenyatta case

Congress approval rating hovering at its record low, Gallup poll finds

True/False: 9 international films to watch this year

Mitt Romney CPAC appearance marks return to political stage (VIDEO)

Protests around the world: Greece, Pakistan, Bulgaria (PHOTOS)

For Venezuela, the great mystery starring Chavez

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, like you've never seen her before

Jesse Jackson Jr pleads guilty to misuse of campaign funds

In Reddit AMA, North Korean defector speaks of regime focus on US (VIDEO)

Chatter: Bulgaria's government quits

What’s the most critical and under-appreciated issue in international security? World peace

Five years on, Kosovo still faces giant hurdles

Afghanistan's post-NATO era takes shape

China's knick-knack diplomacy

Joe Biden gun control solution: buy a shotgun, skip the AR-15 (VIDEO)

Tunisia Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigns

Joe Salazar rape comments inflame Twitter, spawn twisted #Liberaltipstoavoidrape

Obama's EU free trade agreement would mean higher heating costs for Americans

Max Shatto, Russian adoptee, may have been murdered by his US parents

Obama set ablaze in new North Korean video

In Israel, nervous energy ahead of Obama visit

Europe hangs on Italian elections

EU eases sanctions against Zimbabwe

Tunisia prime minister's plan for technocratic government fails

Chavez returns to Venezuela, but can he govern?

Mamphela Ramphele, anti-Apartheid activist, launches new political party 'Agang'

Branding Obama across the world

Hugo Chavez is back: 5 more shocking political tweets

Bulgaria finance minister fired

Chatter: Chavez is back

Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela from cancer surgery in Cuba

Cuba's dissidents go abroad

Ecuador: Rafael Correa easily wins victory in presidential election with 61 percent of the vote

Cuomo to relax New York abortion laws

Cyprus elections: Nicos Anastasiades, center-right candidate, 'ahead'

Avigdor Lieberman, ex-Israeli foreign minister, pleads not guilty as trial opens

Can the Catholic Church outgrow the pope’s antediluvian philosophy?

Pope in Sunday address: Pray for me and next pope (PHOTOS)

Zambian opposition warns of looming dictatorship

Where is Chavez? Opposition protests the Venezuelan leader's continued absence

Hamid Karzai moves to ban Afghan army requests for foreign air strikes

Sen. Marco Rubio begins Middle East trip to Israel, Jordan

Nick Xenophon, Australian senator, detained and deported from Malaysia

An African pope? Don't bet on it

Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with misusing campaign funds to buy gold, furs

The 2013 World Press Photo Awards

GOP Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell supports hemp bill

Slain Sandy Hook teachers receive Presidential Citizens Medals (VIDEO)

Pope Benedict XVI approves German lawyer to head troubled Vatican bank

Ecuador: Correa wins re-election, here's how

Kim Jong Un in the shadow of the Dear Leader?

John Kerry says that he'll attempt to persuade Assad to step down in Syria

Obama hosts FDR-style fireside chat (VIDEO)

Russia: Don't compete through currency devaluations

Bute, banned equine drug, has been found in horsemeat in France

Senate Republicans temporarily block vote on Chuck Hagel nomination for Secretary of Defense

Egypt protest restrictions: rights groups criticize new draft law

Julian Assange to run for office

Myanmar: Kachin guerrillas turn down Suu Kyi's offer to broker peace

India's hanging judge: President lays foundation for flurry of executions

Obama’s demand for gun controls was compelling and on target

State of the Union: Obama's national security embellishments

Why this week's Bank of Japan meeting matters

Horsemeat scandal: EU calls for DNA tests on beef products across Europe

Jack Lew, US Treasury Secretary nominee, grilled by Republicans in confirmation hearing

Aung San Suu Kyi offers to help negotiate Kachin conflict talks

GIF of the Day: Obama's exploding fist bump at the State of the Union

Chatter: Pope Benedict speaks

Myanmar: Never-ending jungle warfare on China’s border?

Marco Rubio responds to Obama's State of the Union address

Joe Biden 'zombie eye,' glasses go viral in State of the Union

State of the Union: Obama focuses on jobs, economy

How do you solve a problem like (North) Korea?