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Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008, and South Sudan, which followed three years later, are both sending athletes to the Olympics for the first time.

What kind of music gets Olympic athletes pumped up when they're working out? Taekwondo competitor Paige McPherson talks about what gets her going.

This will fulfill a goal set by the Obama administration one years ago. A group of several hundred refugees will depart from Jordan in the next day, bound for California and Virginia.

After official results were announced showing the incumbent president had won, protesters called for a vote recount and set fire to parliament. The military retaliated, killing at least three people.

A powerful cyclone that ripped through the island nation of Fiji has flattened entire villages. The government was assessing the damage and hadn't been able to communicate yet with some remote areas.

"They were neck-and-neck for its entirety, in a game filled with complex fighting," according to a recap. The five-game match will continue through the weekend.

U.S. officials say the firm sold mortgage-backed securities based on loans that were a lot riskier than they were supposed to be.

It's degrading to the religious book to put it on the same level as the state flower and bird, says a Republican critic of the bill.

Baseball umpires are still in business, despite a small effort to computerize them. The so-called "Robo Ump" made an appearance at a California...

Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson says he is not resigning but another party official will take over for a while. The prime minister and his wife were implicated by leaked financial data.