Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump, in the midst of choosing his Cabinet, took time out Sunday for a second day to criticize the cast of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” and demand an ...

VIENNA, Va. - The 32 American students chosen as Rhodes scholars for 2017, listed by geographic region, as provided by the Office of the American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust: District 1: Joshua B. P...

VIENNA, Va. - This year’s class of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. includes students who have used data to visualize sea level rise, some who speak several languages and the son of undocumented im...

BERLIN - Angela Merkel, who has steered Germany through several global crises as its first female leader, said Sunday she will seek a fourth term as chancellor in elections next year, when she could f...

PUKHRAYAN, India - Rescuers finished searching the last of 14 mangled train carriages that derailed in northern India, killing at least 127 people and leaving about 150 more injured, police said early...

ELKO, Nev. - An air-ambulance plane taking a heart-disease patient to a Utah hospital crashed in a parking lot in northern Nevada, killing all four people aboard and sending up explosions and flames. ...

When civil rights icon John Lewis returned to Nashville this weekend, he was greeted just like he was more than 50 years ago - with a mug shot and an arrest record. But this time, it was in a museum. ...

LIMA, Peru - Warning against a rush to judgment, President Barack Obama sought Saturday to ease concerns in Latin America that President-elect Donald Trump will wipe out trade deals and create other i...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of mourners - including first lady Michelle Obama - remembered and celebrated veteran Washington journalist Gwen Ifill on Saturday, recalling her as a standard bearer, cherished...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea is seeing its biggest wave of street demonstrations in decades, but gone are the raised fists, flying rocks and police water cannons that had symbolized the int...