UN says more children in school and fewer dying

UNITED NATIONS — Twenty years after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children’s rights, fewer...

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat today...

Somali pirates free 36 hostages, claim $3M ransom

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed...

French navy captures 12 pirates off Somalia

PARIS — The French navy has seized three boats off Somalia’s coast and detained 12 suspected pirates. The...

Somali judge who jailed pirates, insurgents killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human...

Supporters of Sudbury terror suspect pack courtroom

About a hundred supporters of a Sudbury terror suspect, including children wearing T-shirts that read “Justice...

Sudbury terror suspect seeks house arrest

A Sudbury man accused of plotting terrorist attacks on a shopping mall and planning to assassinate two unidentified...

Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades...

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party

BERLIN — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulated Germans on the 20-year anniversary...