JAKARTA – Rescue officials said Monday that all 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were likely killed in the accident as...
BEIJING – Foreign investors withdrew money from Asian bond markets for the third consecutive month in June amid concerns the increasing trade friction between the...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has come under heavy fire from China’s social Media for his criticism of Chinese tour...
DOUMA, Syria – Syrian and Russian authorities prevented independent investigators from going to the scene of a suspected chemical attack, the head of the chemical watchdog...
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May holds an emergency cabinet meeting Thursday amid speculation she will back US action against Syria, despite divisions in a...
– BANGKOK – A NokAir plane made an emergency landing at Sakon airport in Thailand after flames were seen coming from one of its two engines...
– NEW YORK – Ever wonder how airlines decide who gets an upgrade to the sweet seats on flights? Airlines say it’s strictly by the book:...
– LAS VEGAS – A lone gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country...
– LONDON – Hundreds of London police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London...
. . ANKARA – A Turkish policeman fatally shot Russia’s ambassador to Turkey on Monday in front of a shocked gathering at a photo exhibit and...
. . ALEPPO – Muslim extremests from the Islamists of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, previously known as Nusra Front, attacked and burned buses that were assigned to...
. . BEIRUT – The Syrian government and its ally Russia on Tuesday issued stark warnings to rebels in besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, with Moscow’s...
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. . WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse,...
. . KRAKOW, Poland – Pope Francis encouraged his churchmen to leave their comfort zones and tend to the needy on the peripheries as he celebrated...
. . PARIS – In recent months, Islamist terrorists have brutalized France, horrifying the world with vicious, bloodthirsty murders and mutilations. In Paris, an ISIS attack...
. . SAINTE-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY – Two militant attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an...
. . SYRIA – Fighting mostly ceased across western and northern Syria on Saturday and Russia halted its air raids, under a temporary cease-fire which the United Nations...
. . MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged...
. . PARIS – An early morning police raid on an apartment in the town of Saint-Denis to the north of Paris has ended with two...