Category Archives: World

LONDON - Cyprus, a small, divided island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, has played an outsized role throughout history because of its status as a jewel coveted by much bigger powers. Its str...

JERUSALEM - In the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City lies the “African Quarter” - home to a little-known community of nearly 50 Arab families of African descent. D...

WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Friday that allows retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to run the Pentagon in the Trump administration. The House easily cleared the bill, 268-151, despite comp...

PARIS - France - as envisioned by far-right leader Marine Le Pen - should be its own master and have no globalization issues, European Union membership or open borders. It would join the United States...

WASHINGTON - The outgoing president somberly ruminated about the fragility of democracy and earnestly implored Americans to reject corrosive political dialogue. Fourteen hours later, the incoming pres...

BOSTON - Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s tattoos aren’t the first to be used as evidence in a murder trial. Body art has played a role in a surprising number of criminal cases nationwide...

BEIRUT - The U.N. envoy for Syria said Thursday that a cease-fire was “largely holding with some exceptions,” as opposition activists reported a mounting number of government airstrikes, i...

NEW YORK - It’s back to business for President-elect Donald Trump after a circus-like news conference in which he sparred mightily with reporters. Trump met Thursday morning with Randall Stephen...

WASHINGTON - Rex Tillerson’s foreign policy isn’t sounding much like Donald Trump’s. At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, the former Exxon Mobil CEO selected by Trump for secretary...

WASHINGTON - Pointing toward possible confrontation, Donald Trump’s selection for secretary of state likened Beijing’s island-building in the South China Sea to a takeover of another count...