A 29-year-old U.S. citizen denounces his home country at a press conference in Pyongyang after entering the country illegally. His mother says he's mentally unstable.

'Ocean Spiral' proposed as giant underwater city

The deadly storm that battered the Philippines for days weakened as it rumbled from one island to another, passing close to Manila.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives Thursday inside a French-funded school in Kabul during a play that condemns suicide attacks, leading to deaths and numerous injuries, the French foreign minister said.

More than two months of pro-democracy protests that transformed the heart of Hong Kong's financial district could be coming to an abrupt end this week.