Hollande’s left eyes solid win in parliament vote

An unknown number of people are adrift in boats on the Naf River and some have been turned back by Bangladesh authorities

A three-man news team for the Dubai-based Al Arabiya network, including a Jordanian man, are missing on a remote Philippine island notorious for militants and kidnappings

China said Friday a female astronaut will be among the three-person team on board the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which will launch Saturday

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton late Thursday urges Kim Jong-un to become a transformative figure who steers his nation away from a dark history of starvation and oppression

Police Friday arrested the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult’s deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways 17 years ago

Eddie Espinoza sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in a smuggling ring that prosecutors say shipped nearly 200 guns to Mexican drug cartels

Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda was sworn in Friday as the International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor, pledging she was ready to lead the fight against the world’s worst war criminals.

Turkey’s top constitutional court Friday dismissed an opposition appeal to end President Abdullah Gul’s term this year, ruling that he can serve seven years.

India’s ruling Congress party named Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee as its nominee for president Friday, capping a week of political turmoil that exposed the fragility of a coalition government that has lurched between crises as the economy sputters.

Envoys from the Middle East Quartet met in Brussels Friday amid calls from the Palestinians to step up action to halt continuing Israeli settlement activity.

China will launch three astronauts, including a mother of one who flies transport planes, to live and work on a space station for about a week, a major step in its goal of becoming only the third nation with a permanent base orbiting Earth.