Many criminals are radicalized in prison and seem particularly receptive to the Islamic State message. It's leading to a new type of jihadist — part gangster, part terrorist.
The fourth and final nuclear security summit is underway in Washington this week. But Vladimir Putin isn't there. And North Korea has thumbed its nose at the gathering by firing a cruise missile.
President Obama wants to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but Congress disagrees. There are 91 detainees left, and the Pentagon will soon transfer more. Accelerated transfers may help Obama's cause.
During the 1930s, as Hitler was rising to power in Germany, the man who would turn out to be his most implacable foe was drowning — in debt and champagne. A new book recounts the unbelievable excess.
The construction company that's been working on the project for years now says that the devastating collapse was caused after a pillar failed — but that it was an act of God.
Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from becoming the president. So legislators in her party are proposing a new job that's formally called "state adviser" — and informally called president's boss.
Melissa Fleming, chief spokesperson for the UNHCR, tells the story of a young refugee who miraculously survived four days on a child's life ring after her boat was capsized in 2014.
Scientists studying Zika-infected women in Brazil say they hope to learn more about the disease's effects from the blood samples they'll be bringing home for further analysis.
Scientists say research has establish a connection between Zika and microcephaly. More research is needed to establish how much danger a fetus is in if a pregnant woman becomes infected.