Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Long-term US mortgage rates ticked up again this week, staying at their highest levels since early 2014. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday reported the rate on 30-year fixed-rate loa...

ABRAKA, Nigeria - Three convicted criminals on death row for about two decades have been secretly executed in the first hangings in Nigeria since 2013, human rights lawyers and a fellow inmate said Th...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Major US stock indexes ended slightly lower, led by declines in banks and energy stocks. High-dividend stocks li...

LOS ANGELES - Debbie Reynolds embodied the sunshine of postwar America on the screen as she matched steps with Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain.” Carrie Fisher brought the sarcasm ...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, continuing a nearly two-year trend that suggests a solid job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly requests for jobless aid fell 10,000 ...

BEIRUT - The Latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia-Turkey-brokered cease-fire agreement (all times local): Midnight: A cease-fire agreement between Syria’s government and the country&#...

BEIRUT - A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight held Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has di...

BERLIN - A German landlady’s concerns about suspicious chemical odours from her tenant’s apartment led police to a man who was trying unsuccessfully to extract gold from old cellphone and ...

MOSCOW - Flight recorders revealed no evidence of an explosion on board a Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board, but investigators haven’t ruled out foul play, a...

MOSCOW - The Russian military is condemning cartoons about the Russian military plane crash published by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Kona...