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Officials in Russia say President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama have agreed to increase contacts between their countries' intelligence agencies following the Boston Marathon bombings.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday in Moscow in the first meeting between leaders of the two countries in 10 years.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (at lectern) speaks to reporters before his meeting with ?ke Sellström (left), head of the UN technical mission to investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is denying it has pulled out of the Kampala peace talks with the M23 rebels, and says it is the rebels who have left the talks. Congo’s government spokesman said talks are not going well because the rebels have been making impossible demands.

U.S. lawmakers say America cannot ignore Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

Special Representative Martin Kobler.

Iceland's center-right opposition declared victory Sunday in parliamentary elections, as voters punished the incumbent leftist government for harsh austerity measures imposed during its four years as ruling party.

A young boy helps collect what is left of his family’s belongings from the ruins of their house in Aleppo city. A Syrian government jet dropped four bombs on the street on April 7, killing at least 17 civilians.