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Afghanistan has signed long-delayed security pacts with the United States and NATO to authorize deployment of a small international military force in the country after the end of the year. The Taliban has rejected the deal as “shameful and shocking.”

Syrian refugee children draw pictures in the children's activity tent at Islahiye refugee camp in the Hatay region of Turkey. (July 2012).

Melbourne, Australia

Protesters camped out in Hong Kong for a fifth consecutive day are threatening to expand their campaign of civil disobedience if the territory's chief executive does not meet their demand for democratic reforms.

The director of the U.S. Secret Service will testify before a U.S. House committee Tuesday about a major security breach at the White House earlier this month.

Global Citizens Festival 2014, Central Park, NYC. Pictured l to r, Global Citizen Project Co-founder Hugh Evans; World Bank President Jim Young Kim, actor Hugh Jackman, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the group No Doubt.

India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, meets President Obama at the White House Monday in what the Obama administration says is an effort by both countries to build a new strategic alliance. Modi was greeted in New York Sunday by enthusiastic members of the Indian diaspora.

Hong Kong authorities say they are withdrawing riot police from city streets as pro-democracy protests appear to be calming down.

U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become “ground zero” for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a CBS television interview broadcast on Sunday.

Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to hold election reform talks soon in response to growing street protests in the port city.