(Reuters) - A fifth day of nationwide protests against police violence was set to begin on Sunday after overnight clashes in two West Coast cities as New York's police commissioner said an internal investigation into a chokehold death could last four months. After a relatively...

(Reuters) - At least 70 Ethiopians drowned when a boat used by smugglers to transport illegal migrants to Yemen sank in the Red Sea in rough weather, security authorities in the western part of the country said on Sunday. Human traffickers often use unseaworthy boats to smuggle...

At least 18 people died and 76 others were rescued Friday when an Italian coast guard discovered a raft packed with illegal migrants 100 miles (160 kilometers) off the coast of Lampedusa, officials said. One survivor remains in critical condition. “We mourn these...

President Barack Obama on Friday officially named former deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter as his pick to lead the U.S. military. Obama said Carter is “rightly regarded as one of our nation’s foremost national security leaders” during an...