Jon Kyl talks about the importance of defense as a national priority.

The head of the UN monitoring mission in Syria expresses his condolences after Thursday's bomb blasts and calls for an end to violence in the country.

Syria's government is trying to destroy the UN-brokered peace plan aimed at ending 14 months of civil conflict, opposition leader Burhan Ghalioun told reporters in Tokyo.

Officials say 12 bodies but no survivors have been found at the site of the Russian plane that crashed in Indonesia carrying 45 passengers.

Guinness World Records recognized pro surfer Garrett McNamara of Hawaii for surfing the biggest wave ever, a 78-footer he caught off Portugal's coast in November.

Francois Hollande has promised parity between men and women in his future cabinet, to be announced next week. But keeping that promise may not be easy, as most of the frontrunners for the top jobs are men.

The United Nations says civilian deaths in Afghanistan in the first four months of 2012 are down by a fifth on the same period in 2011.

Egypt holds its first ever debate between presidential candidates, as the two frontrunners for this month's election trade political accusations on television.

Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) called leaks of a bomb plot 'criminal' and a 'matter of life and death.' King also called on the FBI to complete a full investigation.

Jason Glassberg on the ironic partnership between these two nations

Robert Windrem reports that al-Qaeda's would-be suicide bomber was actually a British national, working through British intelligence to infiltrate the terror organization in Yemen.

Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri's skill, persistence and motivation are a concern.

Jennifer Richmond examines how the recent uptick of foreigners held in China for disputed contracts is indicative of continued economic strain.