Archive by category World

A strong earthquake struck a lightly populated, mountainous area of western China, killing at least two people, injuring 54 others and collapsing homes, …

WASHINGTON(AFP)–Barack Obama has extended the combat role for US troops in Afghanistan for another year, in a classified order he signed in recent weeks, …

VIENNA (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are discussing new ideas aimed at breaking the …

LAS VEGAS (AFP)–US President Barack Obama staunchly defended his unilateral move to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation Friday, …

LISBON (AFP)–Portugal’s former Socialist prime minister Jose Socrates was arrested Friday as part of an inquiry into tax fraud, corruption and …

WASHINGTON (AP)–The United Nations chief warned Friday that Ebola may be easing in part of West Africa but is still hitting hard in other areas and …

 JERUSALEM (AFP)–Weekly Muslim prayers at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque passed peacefully Friday despite tensions in the Holy City, but …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The dust has barely settled on midterm elections, but ex-senator Jim Webb has become the first candidate in America’s upcoming …

NEW YORK (AP) ― A legend of film, theater and comedy in nearly equal measure, Mike Nichols was an unquestioned fixture of smart, urbane American culture …

THE HAGUE (AFP) ― A Dutch teenager who allegedly travelled to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter but was later rescued by her mother will appear in …