Suu Kyi supporters confident after historic polls
YANGON - Supporters of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi burst into boisterous celebration after the country held its first free nationwide election in 25 years, the biggest step yet in a journey to democracy from dictatorship.
Exclusive: Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an explosion caused by a bomb, a member of the investigation team told Reuters on Sunday.
Carson needs to explain recollections: Trump
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday that rival Ben Carson would have to explain a number of things about his West Point and youth recollections, which have come under scrutiny.
The unbearable lightness of Chinese emissions data
To get a sense of how hard it is to measure greenhouse gas emissions in China, it pays to visit the Deqingyuan poultry farm on the outskirts of Beijing, where streams of chicken manure are piped from wooden sheds to an industrial gas digester that rises above the ground like a tethered balloon.
Germany's capacity to take in refugees is limited, Schaeuble says
Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.
Palestinian driver shot dead in West Bank after injuring four
A Palestinian driver was shot dead after ramming his car into a bus stop in the occupied West Bank, injuring four people, police said on Sunday, the latest episode in an outbreak of violence that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss in talks at the White House. | Video
California drought threatens habitat of migratory birds
California's ongoing drought leaves migrating birds with fewer places to land, and threatens their health as they crowd in on one another looking for food and shelter. Julie Noce reports.