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By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - New Chinese leader Xi Jinping's appointment of two top diplomats last week displays a desire to repair relations with long-time rival Japan after months of disruption, while keeping the United States and its strategic pivot to Asia at bay. Yang Jiechi, a...

What's advertised as the smallest town in the United States goes up for auction next month. More...

AP - In another sign of warming relations between two wartime foes, a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator will attend a security conference in the United States, a person with knowledge of the negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang told The Associated Press on Thursday. More...

AP - At first glance, it seems like business as usual: North Korea issues an indignant statement taking aim at the United States over a proposal to donate food in return for nuclear disarmament. More...

AP - The United States has reached a deal to sell $3.48 billion worth of missiles and related technology to the United Arab Emirates, a close Mideast ally, as part of a massive buildup of defense technology among friendly Mideast nations near Iran. More...

Alberta's premier is calling on the provinces and Ottawa to form a united front on oil, gas and other forms of Canadian-produced energy as the country looks to expand the market for its oil and gas beyond the United States. More...

United Nations (CNN) -- The four European members of the U.N. Security Council took the lead Wednesday in presenting a revamped resolution to the United Nations condemning Syria for its crackdown on peaceful anti-government demonstrators. "It demands an immediate end to the violence and...

(CNN) -- After an eventful first term marked by humanitarian crises, a global recession and the Arab Spring, Ban Ki-moon announced Monday his intention to seek a second five-year stint as the United Nations' secretary-general. Ban voiced his hope of staying in place at a news conference Monday...

(CNN) -- An outbreak of a virulent strain of E. coli has killed 19 people in Europe and infected more than 2,000 in at least 12 countries, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. All but one of the fatalities were reported in Germany, where officials say it's still too early to...

Deauville, France (CNN) -- President Barack Obama landed in France on Thursday for meetings with the leaders of the world's top economic powers after a high-profile visit to London. Obama discussed a range of security and economic issues during a one-on-one meeting with Russia's President...

WASHINGTON, -- The Homeland Security Department said Tuesday refugees who came to the United States after an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010 can stay another 18 months. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a release the temporary protected status extension will run...

Pakistani authorities interrogated a teenager on Monday wanted in the United States on charges of financing and supporting the al Qaeda-linked Pakistani Taliban, local intelligence officials said. Alam Zeb, 19, was charged in Florida along with his mother and a family friend. He is the...

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) – Manchester United will attempt to shrug off domestic disappointment by reaching their third Champions League final in four years against Schalke 04 here Wednesday. A 2-0 victory in the semi-final first leg in Germany has left United within touching distance of...

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican military says it has arrested a man who was carrying 1,000 doses of heroin along with cocaine, methamphetamines and a weapon on a federal highway. A Defense Department statement issued Saturday says military personnel stopped the suspect the previous day at an...

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that he won't condemn Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and he warned that the United States is preparing an invasion of the North African country to seize control of its oil reserves. "We must be prudent. We know what our political...

-- President Barack Obama will make a state visit to the United Kingdom May 24-26, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced Thursday. Carney said the trip would be Obama's first European state visit, illustrating "the strength of the special relationship between our two countries, and...

-- United Airlines has grounded 96 Boeing 757 airliners for "unscheduled maintenance," an airline spokesman said Tuesday. The grounding meant that some of the airline's flights would be canceled or delayed Tuesday night and Wednesday, spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said. "Specifically ... United is...

- A Virginia teen who said he was detained in Kuwait after his name appeared on a no-fly list is returning to the United States on Friday, according to his lawyer. Gulet Mohamed, 19, of Alexandria, Virginia, is a Muslim-American. He is suing the U.S. government over the alleged detention...

-- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned to his crisis-plagued homeland Friday, pledging his cooperation in the forming of a new government. "We will cooperate with the president to the utmost degree to achieve forming a government that commits to national consensus needs and creates an...

-- Ivory Coast's president-elect is willing to add supporters of self-proclaimed president Laurent Gbagbo to his cabinet, provided the defiant incumbent steps down, the West African nation's ambassador to the United Nations said Monday. Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba said President-elect Alassane...