TAIPEI—Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said it arrested a military general on suspicion of spying for China in the most high-profile cross-Strait espionage case in decades. Taiwan government officials and some experts said the case highlights a...

LONDON — An 1,100-foot supertanker carrying Kuwaiti oil to the United States was seized by pirates off eastern Oman yesterday, the first hijacking of a vessel that size since April.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Egypt’s vice president said the massive calls for President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster are disrespectful to the country as a mass of protesters maintained their ground Wednesday at the epicenter of the demonstrations.

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Ahead of upcoming talks with six world powers, Iran on Tuesday expressed willingness to find a mutually agreeable solution to the issue of its controversial nuclear program.

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on December 9, 2010. The countries that contain hotspots are, from west to east: Cote d�Ivorie, Guinea (to the north with one...

STOCKHOLM — Two days after a bomber killed himself and slightly wounded two people in a commercial district here crowded with Christmas shoppers, investigators offered glimpses of a suspect who, in the pattern of other Islamist terrorists, moved...

MANILA, Philippines—The Catholic hierarchy in the country should take cue from the statement of Pope Benedict XVI, who said he doesn’t oppose the use of condom to prevent AIDS, and begin to open its mind about a reproductive health policy, a...

Nearly nine months after her son’s tragic death by suicide, Marie Osmond is finally opening up about her loss. Osmond’s 18-year-old son, Michael Blosil, took his own life by jumping off a Los Angeles apartment building in February.

David Cho, an honor student and leader of the UCLA marching band, plans to join the U.S. Air Force after he graduates in the spring—if Congress lets him. Mr. Cho is among the potential beneficiaries of the Development, Relief and Education for Alien...

Former President Jimmy Carter says Americans could have had comprehensive health care coverage decades ago if Sen. Edward M. Kennedy hadn’t blocked a plan Carter had proposed. Carter revisited the old spat in an interview with CBS’...