Inhabitants of a favela, or slum, in Rio resist arrest. (AFP/Getty)
Squatters clash with police in Rio
The roughly 5,000 people occupying a complex of abandoned buildings in Brazil’s capital have vehemently refused to vacate.
To save money, Tehran ends cash payout program
Stopping the stipends received by more than 90 percent of Iranians will test President Rouhani’s popularity.
Don’t pick teeth in public, Chinese bureaucrats are told
A list of “10 forbidden behaviors” issued to party officials in one county draws widespread mockery online.
Yatsenyuk visits Donetsk
Ukraine’s new prime minister tours its restive eastern region and pledges to address concerns of ethnic Russians.
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Australian PM ‘confident’ signals are from black box
Tony Abbott says audio signals have helped reduce the search area but warned they are starting to fade.
Egyptian workers strike in growing numbers
The labor protests underscore festering social discontent.
Venezuela’s opposition leaders meet with Maduro
Dialogue with the president could be the first step toward ending the country’s political crisis.
Arthur N.R. Robinson dies at 87
The former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago survived a bloody coup attempt in 1990.
Mysterious Chinese suicides spark debate, censorship
The deaths of Chinese officials in recent weeks have raised questions among ordinary citizens.
Jim Flaherty, former Canadian finance minister, dies at 64
Mr. Flaherty is credited with helping get Canada’s budget back on track after the 2008 financial crisis.
Russia ends Voice of America broadcasts in Moscow
U.S. criticizes media propaganda, limits on freedom: ‘We’re asking for an even playing field.’
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The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has spanned three weeks with more than two dozen countries assisting in the mission.
Refuge: Stories from the Syrian exodus
Refugees from Syria’s civil war are remaking the political, economic and religious landscape in the Mideast.
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PM Abbott is ‘very confident’ in black box signal
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the hunt for Flight MH370 has narrowed significantly and searchers are confident that signals are coming from the missing jet's black box.
Tense exchange during Pistorius testimony
A dramatic courtroom exchange ended Oscar Pistorius's first week testifying in his murder trial, after a prosecutor accused the athlete of shooting his girlfriend as the couple talked and argued.
Two more pings heard from Indian Ocean
Australian officials say a ship searching for the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has relocated an underwater signal that is consistent with a plane's black boxes.
Pistorius apologizes to Steenkamp family
Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand for day four of testimony in his murder trial. He offered an apology to the family of slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Duchess Catherine bests Prince William in boat race - twice
The Duchess of Cambridge twice beats her husband Prince William during a friendly race in America's Cup sail boats.
Lost baby seal in Swedish city’s harbor
A young seal remains inland after losing its way and ending up in the harbor of a city in Sweden.
Rio woman robbed during interview on crime
Brazil's TV Globo has shown video of a woman getting robbed while being interviewed about crime near Rio de Janeiro's main train station. A thief approached the woman from behind and ripped off her necklace. The reporter gave chase.
Kerry: Russia creating 'contrived crisis' in Ukraine
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia is creating a contrived crisis in Ukraine to destabilize the country.
Hagel tours Forbidden City amid dispute
During a trip to China, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel toured Beijing's Forbidden City, Wednesday, a day after he and his Chinese counterpart squared off over territorial disputes in the East China Sea.
NATO chief fires back at Russian criticism
Russia and NATO trade rhetorical blows while the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate.
Pistorius describes holding shot girlfriend
On his third day on the witness stand at his murder trial, athlete Oscar Pistorius details the day his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed.
1 month after MH370 disappears, pings pause
Officials searching for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 say no pings consistent with an airplane's black boxes have been heard since Sunday. The plane disappeared a month ago Tuesday.
Prince George is stealing the show from his parents during the family’s trip to New Zealand.
Deadly bombing at Pakistan market
A bomb ripped through a fruit and vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Wednesday morning, the same week that a bomb killed 16 on a train the South.
Objects seen in jet search are fishing equipment
A cluster of orange objects spotted by a search plane hunting for any trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet turned out to be nothing more than fishing equipment, Australian officials said Monday.
Officials: Flight MH370 may never be found
Malaysian and Australian officials said a police investigation may never determine the reason why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared and that search efforts may not yield results.Photos from Around the World
Ukraine seeks to quell conflict in east
Pro-Russia protesters have occupied government buildings in two eastern Ukrainian cities since Sunday.
Fires, tear gas flow when police evict Rio de Janeiro squatters
People occupying a cellphone company’s abandoned buildings in the Telerj slum protest police action.
Crisis in the Central African Republic
The first European Union troops arrived in the Central African Republic.
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Chinese man covered in bees, NASA’s saucer-shaped test vehicle, bright spots on Mars and more.
In Afghanistan, firing ranges’ deadly legacy
As U.S. forces withdraw, they are leaving behind about 800 square miles of land littered with undetonated explosives.
Battle of Verdun remembered
Members of French and German historical associations gather to visit the site of the World War I battle in France.
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“Forever Marilyn,” tulip fields, salmon and sweetfish, La Paz’s urban ropeway system and more.
West Africa struggles to contain Ebola outbreak
More than 100 deaths in Guinea and Liberia have been linked to the current outbreak.
The search for Flight 370
A search vessel has picked up deep-sea signals “consistent” with those emitted by a plane’s black box, an official says.
Animal views
Koala “selfies,” a moose going to school, baby zebras and rhinos and more fascinating creatures from around the world.
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