Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - Syria’s foreign minister said Monday that an internationally-brokered cease-fire is still viable, as rescue workers in Aleppo sifted through the rubble from the heaviest airstrikes on r...

ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish rebels staged two attacks against security forces in southeastern Turkey on Monday, killing 10 security force members and wounding eight others, the country’s state-run ...

ANKARA, Turkey - The European Union on Monday launched a 348 million-euro ($391 million) aid project to help up to a million of the most vulnerable refugees in Turkey - part of a landmark EU deal with...

LONDON - Turkish financial markets took a battering Monday after ratings agency Moody’s downgraded the country’s credit grade to junk status to account for a series of shocks to the econom...

BANGKOK - Thai police are attempting to identify a dismembered body found in a freezer when they raided an apartment and arrested three men - two thought to be American and one British - suspected of ...

TOKYO - Japan’s top government spokesman warned China on Monday against expanding its military activity to the skies over disputed East China Sea islands after eight Chinese warplanes flew near ...

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Roslyn has grown stronger than expected in the Pacific far off Mexico’s coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm’s maximum sustained winds Monday aft...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s status as a Washington outsider fuels his fiery populism and also is helping to shield him from the scrutiny House Republicans are devoting to Hillary Clinton, a form...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - In a combative opening debate, Hillary Clinton emphatically denounced Donald Trump Monday night for keeping his personal tax returns and business dealings secret from voters and pedd...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Dozens of demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old black boy brought a city council meeting to a halt Monday in Columbus as they called for an independent i...