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BEIJING/SEOUL — China on Sunday warned against "troublemaking" on its doorstep, in an apparent rebuke to North Korea. The North, led by 30-year-old Kim Jong-un, has been issuing vitriolic threats of war against the United States and U.S.-backed South Korea since the Unit …
New Zealand's sticky black sandwich spread is finally back on breakfast tables after fans suffered through a year of what they dramatically described as “Marmageddon.”
Supermarkets began selling Marmite again Wednesday for the first time since March 2012, when suppli …
BEIJING – A group of hackers linked to the Chinese military has stolen reams of sensitive data from more than 100 prominent American companies and organizations, according to an explosive new report.
“The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations con …
It will be tougher for Russians to cry in their beer in 2013.
Restrictions on when and where beer can be sold go into effect Jan. 1 with a law that declared beer is alcohol, not food.
Under the new rules, beer can only be sold in licensed outlets -- not street kiosks, gas statio …
LONDON - A burglar broke into the grounds of the Tower of London - the ancient fortress that is home to the Crown Jewels - and snatched several keys before being spotted and escorted off the premises, officials said Monday.
Police are now investigating the crime, at one of …
The Syrian civil war has been raging for more than a year and a half, and Tuesday morning a fresh face stepped into the mix, as Angelina Jolie visited the Al Zaatri refugee camp near the country's border with Jordan. TODAY's Ann Curry was on hand to find out what the actress saw, …
A paragliding Greenpeace activist who dropped a smoke bomb over a French nuclear reactor on Wednesday added a new element to the presidential race there -- and raised the question of whether the same, or worse, could happen at a U.S. nuclear reactor.
NAIROBI, Kenya – Imagine paying just $20 for a fancy cell phone with a good calling plan. Or how about working with a cell phone company that won’t obligate you to sign one of those tricky multiyear contracts with deceptive pricing plans detailed in tiny print that s …
Syria's defense minister and President Bashar Assad’s brother-in-law were killed in a Damascus bomb attack Wednesday, state TV reported. It appears to be the most serious blow to Assad’s regime in the country's 16-month-old rebellion. However no footage of the attack …
ROME, Italy -- It could be back to the future for Silvio Berlusconi -- and Italy as well.
Speculation was rife Thursday that the 75-year-old former Italian prime minister -- who resigned from office under intense pressure last November after it became clear he could not tackle t …
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – When attorney Shahzad Akbar began filing lawsuits against the Pakistan government on behalf of drone strike victims in 2010, some of his close friends started calling him "Taliban lawyer." "But now, two years later, they don't do that anymore," he sai …
A traffic jam on Mount Everest turned deadly last weekend, with fatalities being blamed on the bottleneck of climbers trying to ascend or descend the summit, reports from the mountain say.
The plan to remove the massive wreck of Costa Concordia, which lies half submerged off the Italian island of Giglio after capsizing in January, was revealed today in Rome. At least 30 people died after the ship ran aground.
ASOLO, Italy – On Tuesday, Generoso Armenante, a 49-year-old former security guard at a convenience store in the southern town of Salerno, left home after having lunch with his wife – and quietly found a secluded spot where he hanged himself.
Armenante had been …
By Bo GuNBC News BEIJING – Bo Guagua, son of the now disgraced former Chinese Communist leader Bo Xilai, has come into the spotlight in the wake of the political scandal rocking his family. On Tuesday he issued a statement to the website of Harvard’s newspaper, The Ha …
LONDON - James Murdoch defended his record at the head of his father's British scandal-tarred newspaper arm, saying Tuesday that he had been given assurances by subordinates "which proved to be wrong."
Murdoch was testifying at Lord Justice Brian Leveson's inquiry i …
LONDON - James Murdoch will be quizzed on Tuesday about his closeness to British political leaders, as a public inquiry prompted by the phone-hacking scandal at his father's newspaper empire delves into the relationship between politicians and the media. Rupert Murdoch, he …
A top Iranian official claimed on Sunday that his government was copying a top-secret American spy drone captured by Iran's armed forced last year. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who is chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, was quoted by a semi-offic …
ROME – Among the many derogatory nicknames Silvio Berlusconi’s detractors came up, one was "Burlesconi," a way to emphasize his propensity for gaffes and tendency to adopt sexist and inappropriate humor.
But as usually happens with the flamboyant former Italian prime …
BANGKOK, Thailand – If you are a teen with a sexual urge, what should you do?It's a question faced by young people across the world, and one met with many responses. So high school seniors in Thailand were perplexed this year when they were asked for the answer in a …