A British couple faces up to a month in jail for kissing in public in the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, where economic success brings foreign workers whose behaviors test traditional values.

As a boy in Ireland, Francis Markey dreamed of becoming a priest and serving parishioners all over the world. His dream of ordination came true, but his relationship with parishioners has become the object of international scrutiny.

One week before top-level U.S.-Pakistani talks in Washington on security and aid, one of Pakistan's leading development experts said it's vital to tackle poverty in her country to fight terrorism.

The path that brought U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley to the point of pleading guilty to involvement in two international terrorism plots is complicated and twisted.

John Kelly was 14 years old when, he says, he lost his faith in God.

A retired U.S. general said Thursday that the Dutch policy of allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in its military led, in part, to its failure to halt the massacre of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.

A Chicago, Illinois, man charged in two international terror plots pleaded guilty Thursday to a dozen counts against him, and now will not face a trial.

Mourners paid respect Thursday to victims of a government crackdown in Iran following last year's disputed presidential elections, as security forces kept a close watch.

Israel's government is missing an opportunity to secure the country's future and build a coalition of nations to counter increasing Iranian influence, according to analyst Fareed Zakaria.

They are the real-life slumdogs who spend their days scouring rubbish to survive in one of the world's poorest countries.