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Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council held an emergency meeting in Doha Tuesday to discuss a territorial dispute between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, which some believe could pose a threat to international security.

Amb. Susan Rice of the United States, presides over Security Council meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The latest talks on Iran's controversial nuclear program, held in Istanbul April 14, were viewed as productive by the participants.

Some 7,000 US and Filipino troops Monday began their annual 11-day military exercise on disputed South China Sea waters, amid a tense territorial dispute between Beijing and Manila.

One of the buildings attacked by armed insurgents during their raids on Afghan institutions and foreign embassies in several provinces, including the capital Kabul.

Talks in Istanbul involving P51 countries and Iran over Tehran's controversial nuclear program have ended with a commitment to further talks that are scheduled to take place in Baghdad next month.

Displaced men wait to be registered at Jalozai camp in Pakistan.

North Koreans and the world, for the first time, heard the country's new, young leader, Kim Jong Un, speak in public Sunday.

The international community has strongly condemned the military takeover of power in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau two weeks before a presidential runoff election.

U.S. President Barack Obama, attending a two-day regional summit in Cartagena, Colombia, said Saturday Washington wants deeper economic relations in the western hemisphere, but that existing barriers hamper greater integration.