Other newcomers to the games this year will be Syria, Fiji, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Uganda and Laos.

The fire erupted in a central London residential area, and there is still fear that residents of the building are trapped inside.

UNHCR estimates it faces a $1 billion funding gap this year and urgently needs hundreds of millions for Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan.

US State Department officials says "no one should lose sight of the fact, of this fact, that Hamas bears the greatest responsibility for the current situation in Gaza.”

Wellington's foreign minister clarifies that a letter his country sent Tuesday to Jerusalem was not an apology.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, multiple others hurt in shooting during practice for charity baseball event; local authorities have suspect in custody.

In the Middle East tinderbox, it doesn't take much for things to rapidly escalate.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises Swiss, Dutch for reassessing funding to terrorist-glorifying Palestinian NGOs.