BEIJING (AP):Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog yesterday, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways.The Beijing...
BEIRUT (AP):Hundreds of civilians fled a mountainous region outside the Syrian capital yesterday, where government forces were battling several insurgent groups, including an al-Qaida-linked...
ISTANBUL (AP):An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's (holiday) celebrations, killing at least 39 people and wounding close to 70 others in what the...
JAKARTA (AP):At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire on Sunday off the coast of Indonesia's capital, officials said.The vessel was carrying more than...
LONDON (AP):Queen Elizabeth II missed a traditional New Year's Day church service yesterday because of the effects of a lingering cold.Buckingham Palace said the queen "does not yet feel ready to attend...
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Turkish police struggled Sunday to track down a gunman who attacked New Year's Eve revellers at a popular Istanbul nightclub, killing at least 39 people, most of them foreigners. Close to 70 more were wounded. The attacker,...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama is under pressure during his final weeks as president to do something - anything - to secure the future of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children who could face deportation under the...
SAO PAULO (AP) — A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, military police said Sunday. The man...
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on a deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub. (all times local): 6:15 p.m. A Turkish media report says at least seven Saudi nationals and four Iraqis were among the 39 people killed in the Istanbul nightclub attack....
Police in Rio de Janeiro have detained the wife of a murdered Greek ambassador's and three other people on suspicion of involvement in his death. The envoy, Kyriakos Amiridis, had been missing since Monday. His body was found in the trunk of a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out a tit-for-tat response after the US expelled 35 Russian diplomats amid a row over computer hacking. The BBC reports Putin as saying Russia would not stoop to the level of what he described as...
PALM BEACH (AP):President-elect Donald Trump has tweeted that his administration will buy American and hire American.Trump has made the promise before. His tweet Thursday morning follows news that fewer Americans...
BUFFALO, New York (AP):A majority of the members of the Buffalo school board is seeking the resignation of a board member and Donald Trump supporter who publicly insulted President Barack...
BELGRADE (AP):Lawyers representing 36 children from the now dismantled migrant camp in the French town of Calais have launched a legal challenge to Britain's handling of their asylum applications.Toufique Hossain, who represents the children, said...
Germany's mass-circulation Bild newspaper urged "decent refugees" to prevent violence by young migrants and report radicals to authorities.The call in Arabic and German by Julian Reichelt, the editor-in-chief of...
BERLIN (AP):A flight simulator caught fire in an office building at the Frankfurt airport, forcing some 200 people to evacuate yesterday.The fire service said one person was taken to a hospital suffering...
WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the US presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. The...
WASHINGTON (AP): US senators visiting eastern European allies to discuss security issues called for sanctions against Russia for interfering in the presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. Their demands came...
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BERLIN (AP)German prosecutors said yesterday that they detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week's truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.The 40-year-old, who was not...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
PALM BEACH, Florida (AP):United States President-elect Donald Trump is resuming his busy schedule of meetings following a brief lull for the holidays.Trump first met with David Rubenstein, head of investment firm Carlyle...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):The Afghan government expressed concern over a high-level meeting on the country held in Moscow on Tuesday between Russia, China and Pakistan that did not include any Afghan...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP):British immigration officials said they arrested almost 100 people suspected of immigration offences in a crackdown on illegal labour in nail salons.Most of those arrested were Vietnamese...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
ISLAMABAD (AP):Pakistan's prime minister has inaugurated a 340 MW nuclear power plant built with Chinese aid, the third of four such projects aimed at addressing longtime energy shortages.In a televised speech yesterday, Nawaz Sharif vowed to...
Published:Wednesday | December 28, 2016 | 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Debbie Reynolds, the star of the 1952 classic 'Singin' in the Rain' has died. She was 84. Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday, a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher...
