From the unruly areas of Pakistan to Philippine jungles and the deserts of Iraq, simple matchbooks and posters are proving an effective U.S. tool in the hunt for the world's most wanted men.

Automatic spending cuts have hit America's science and research sectors especially hard, according to experts, who warn of potentially dire implications for the nation's overall competitiveness.

Like his father Kim Jong Il, North Korea's new young leader Kim Jong Un is viewed by much of the outside world with a heady mix of incomprehension, ridicule and fear.

Since Haji Abdul Samad lost his leg in a minefield more than 20 years ago, he has unearthed at least 1,000 explosives and become one of Afghanistan's most experienced de-miners.

At 53, Um Omar has decided to wage her own type of “jihad” in Syria's northern Turkmen Mountains, toiling over pots and pans every day to cook for the area's rebel fighters.

In the middle of an escalating military crisis on the Korean peninsula, North Korea's appointment this week of an economic reformer as its new premier struck a discordant, and possibly optimistic note.

The brutal gang-rape of a U.S. student in a Rio bus has revived concern about public safety ahead of the World Cup and the 2016 summer Olympics, despite an overall drop in violence.

The new government has optimistically promised that business activity will resume on Tuesday, but getting the Central African Republic's economy back on its feet will be no easy task after the havoc wreaked by the country's latest coup, experts said.

The new government has optimistically promised that business activity will resume on Tuesday, but getting the Central African Republic's economy back on its feet will be no easy task after the havoc wreaked by the country's latest coup, experts said.

Gasping for breath and confined to her bed, Bilqees Khan winces as she recalls the moment a pepper gas grenade exploded by her home during a curfew in Indian Kashmir's summer capital.