Afghanistan Backs Out of Peace Talks with US, Taliban

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- There's been a big setback to establishing peace in war-torn Afghanistan. A day after the Taliban opened a new office in Qatar, supposedly to help kickstart the p... Read More

US Troops Conducting Military Exercises on Syrian Border

(NEW YORK) -- U.S forces are sending a message to the Syrian regime by conducting training exercises across the border in Jordan. ABC's Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz is th... Read More

Assange Says WikiLeaks Helping Snowden Get Asylum in Iceland

(LONDON) -- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that his group has been in touch with lawyers for Edward Snowden, the man who says he’s behind the National Security Agency leaks.... Read More

The Royal Baby Countdown: Details of Palace Plans Emerge

(LONDON) -- It will likely be the most anticipated, most-reported birth of the year. Sometime around mid-July, the Duchess of Cambridge -- formerly known as Kate Middleton -- will give b... Read More

Peace? Not Quite – Taliban Kill Four US Soldiers

(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed overnight in what a U.S. official called an “indirect fire” attack at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The Taliban claim... Read More

More Talk than Action at G-8 Summit's Conclusion

(NEW YORK) -- The two-day G-8 Summit in Northern Ireland ended Tuesday with a whisper, not a bang. In the final communiqué, the U.S. and its allies issued a general message on rev... Read More

Russian Foreign Minister: Iran Ready to Make Deal with the West

(MOSCOW) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested Tuesday that there's finally a light at the end of the tunnel in the West's standoff with Iran over its rogue nuclear program.... Read More

Suicide Bombers Strike Shiite Mosque in Baghdad

(BAGHDAD) -- A Shiite mosque in Baghdad was targeted by militants on Tuesday, leaving 29 people dead and dozens more wounded. According to Iraqi officials, it was a coordinated suicide b... Read More

Kate Middleton's Baby Will Mean Big Bump for British Economy

(LONDON) -- Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first child in July and a report by the Centre for Retail Research in Nottingham, England, predicts that the national economy could... Read More

Former Sen. Feingold Will Be Special Envoy for Central Africa

(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday that former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., will be the Obama administration’s new special envoy to deal with conflict-ridden Centr... Read More