Breaking News & Hottest Global News without Border (Series 3)

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The sound of new artillery fire from North Korea just hours after the U.S. and South Korea launched a round of war games sent residents on a front-line island scrambling for cover Sunday.

N. Korea preps missiles amid U.S. war games

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China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries started a massive drill.

China proposes emergency talks on Korea crisis

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Among the hundreds of thousands of leaked State Department documents were candid and often unflattering assessments of foreign leaders.

Revealed: U.S. diplomats slam world leaders

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the leak of hundreds of thousands of secret diplomatic documents is an attack not only on the United States but also the international community.

Clinton: U.S. 'deeply regrets' WikiLeaks disclosures

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American and South Korean officials early this year secretly began gaming out what would happen if North Korea, led by one of the world's most brutal family dynasties, collapsed.

NYT: Leaked cables show guessing about N. Korea

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The Obama administration branded the WikiLeaks release of more than 250,000 sensitive files an attack on the United States Monday and raised the prospect of criminal prosecutions.

U.S. looks for way to prosecute over leaks

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Hundreds, if not thousands, of events are planned in the South to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, despite its origins in slavery.

NYT: South celebrates Civil War, without slaves

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The search for three young Michigan brothers went from rescue to retrieval on Tuesday, with police warning the public to expect the worst and charging the children's father with their kidnapping.

Dad charged with kidnapping 3 missing sons

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A severe storm system was moving east, causing havoc during the Atlanta commute as forecasters said even rougher weather could hit the Carolinas and Virginia overnight.

'Long-lived tornadoes' feared overnight in East

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Extended unemployment benefits for nearly 2 million Americans begin to run out Wednesday, guaranteeing a dismal holiday season for people already struggling with bills they cannot pay.

Millions to lose jobless benefits as holidays loom