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ABC7: New Pope, New Challenges
New Pope, new challenges.
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Last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago
The last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam 40 years ago Friday, and the date holds great meaning for many who fought the war, protested it or otherwise lived it.
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Nelson Mandela hospitalized again with lung infection
Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection.
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Tensions continue to mount on Korean peninsula
Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut a military hotline that has been essential in operating the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation.
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Oscar Pistorius' brother on trial for road death
The brother of double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius went on trial in a South African court Wednesday for the death of a woman in a road collision in 2008.
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Italian court overturns Amanda Knox acquittal
Italy's highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial.
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U.S. has been training secular Syrian fighters to combat Assad regime
For months now, the United States has been training secular Syrian fighters in Jordan with the goal of bolstering the array of forces battling President Bashar Assad's regime while at the same time strengthening the hand of moderates among the country's fractured opposition.
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Cyprus receives $13 billion bailout from European partners
Investors breathed a sigh of relief Monday after Cyprus clinched a bailout deal with international creditors that will prevent it becoming the first country to ditch the euro.
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Pope Francis opens Holy Week at Vatican on Palm Sunday
Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, encouraging people to be humble and young at heart as he promised to go to a youth jamboree Brazil this summer, while the faithful enthusiastically waved olive branches and braided palm fronds.
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B-2 bombers drop munitions in South Korea
Green interview March 28, 2013
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U.S. responds to North Korea rhetoric with stealth bombers
In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. announces that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped munitions on a South Korean island as part of joint military drills.
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North Korea, South Korea tensions rise over cutting of joint industrial complex
Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut an industrial complex in the North that employs hundreds of workers from the South.
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Taiwan earthquake kills one, injures 19
A strong earthquake struck central Taiwan on Wednesday, killing at one person and injuring 19 as it damaged buildings on the quake-prone island.
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North Korea puts artillery forces at top combat posture
North Korea's military warned Tuesday that its artillery and rocket forces are at their highest-level combat posture in the latest in a string of bellicose threats aimed at South Korea and the United States.
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Moderate quakes rattle Mexico City
Earthquakes shook Mexico City on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets as an earthquake alarm sounded.
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John Kerry in Afghanistan over concerns Karzai is jeopardizing war on terror
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on talks Monday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai amid concerns Karzai may be jeopardizing progress in the war against extremism with his anti-American rhetoric.
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U.S. troops hand over last detention facility to Afghans
The U.S. military gave control of its last detention facility in Afghanistan to Kabul on Monday, a year after the two sides initially agreed on the transfer.
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Famed Nigerian author, dissident Achebe dies
Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa and continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his native country, has died.
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