Posted: 05/17/13 - A U.N. expert panel's report says North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related material but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on their prohibited weapons programs. Read More

Posted: 05/17/13 - A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - The government of Congo says more than 20 people have died in a collapse at a bush mine in the region of Masisi in North Kivu province. That's in the far eastern part of the country. Read More

Updated: 05/16/13 - It probably wasn't the reception Barbie was hoping for at the start of her European tour. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry. Read More

Updated: 05/16/13 - Four computer hackers who targeted companies including Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International media group have been sentenced to up to 32 months in prison. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - A government survey says the number of Brazilians using the Internet and cellphones has soared more than 100 percent since 2005. Read More

Posted: 05/16/13 - A Russian-financed search engine in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to Google, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites critical of the ruling party. Read More

Posted: 05/15/13 - Puerto Rico's representative in Congress is seeking an unprecedented yes-or-no vote on whether the island should become the 51st state, a bill that is riling many in the U.S. territory. Read More

Posted: 05/15/13 - A 6-year-old girl drowned when a small boat crammed with immigrants trying to enter Greece illegally sank off an eastern Aegean Sea islet. Read More