HAVANA, (AP):The Obama administration sent some of the United States' top infectious disease specialists to Cuba yesterday to open a new phase in medical cooperation after more than a half-century of isolation.Two dozen US and Cuban experts on...
PODGORICA (AP):Montenegrin authorities yesterday defended a decision to block popular messaging services WhatsApp and Viber during the country's parliamentary election, saying it was prompted by...
BINALONAN (AP):Super Typhoon Haima slammed into the northeastern Philippine coast late yesterday with ferocious winds and rain that rekindled fears and memories from the catastrophe wrought by...
BERLIN (AP):An explosion at a facility belonging to chemical firm BASF in southwestern Germany killed two people and injured at least six others yesterday, authorities said.Another two were still missing hours after the...
BAGHDAD (AP):Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a long-awaited offensive yesterday to drive the Islamic State (IS) group out of the country's second-largest city, Mosul, but the operation could take...
BEIRUT (AP):Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia's military announced yesterday, a day on which opposition activists said their air strikes killed at least 36 people, including...
LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP): Three men have been charged in connection with a shootout police say left the 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay dead. Trinity Gay died at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital Sunday after she was shot in the...
BEIRUT (AP)Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have captured the symbolically significant town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group, the factions said Sunday morning.A commander of the Syrian...
MADRID (AP)About 3,500 dogs of all breeds and sizes ran through the streets of Spain's capital with their owners in the fifth edition of the 'Perroton', or Dogathon, a yearly event that seeks to raise awareness...
ISTANBUL (AP)Suicide bombers blew themselves up Sunday during a Turkish police raid against suspected Islamic State militants near the Syrian border, killing three police officers and wounding eight other people, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency...
CALAIS, (AP)The French government has announced plans to shut down the Calais refugee camp that has become a demoralising symbol of Europe's migrant crisis by the end of the year.That means 6,000 to 10,000 migrants...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times EDT): 1:33 p.m. Republican strategists nationwide are conceding that Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House. They...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- Donald Trump's latest unsubstantiated salvo against rival Hillary Clinton charges she might have been on drugs during their last debate and challenges her to join him in undergoing a pre-debate drug test ahead of their...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton generally avoided direct criticism of Wall Street as she examined the causes and responses to the financial meltdown during a series of paid speeches to Goldman Sachs, according to transcripts disclosed by...
HAMILTON (AP):Hurricane Nicole snapped trees, flooded homes and peeled off some roofs as it pummelled the British territory of Bermuda yesterday as an extremely dangerous Category 3 storm.The storm was located...
BANGKOK (AP):Thais wept in grief across the nation yesterday after the palace announced the death of their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's unifying figure and the world's longest-reigning monarch. He was 88.Hundreds of people gathered...
SANAA (AP):The United States carried out strikes against Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels for the first time in that country's civil war, destroying three coastal radar sites with Tomahawk cruise missiles in...
ISLAMABAD (AP):Pakistan's top court has adjourned the appeals hearing for Christian woman convicted of blasphemy who has been on death row since 2010.A Supreme Court judge on Thursday refused to hear...
MAIDUGURI (AP):Twenty-one of Nigeria's Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago have been freed in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, the government and...
BANGKOK (AP): Thais wept in grief across the nation Thursday after the palace announced the death of their beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the country's unifying figure and the world's longest-reigning monarch. He was 88. Hundreds of...
GENEVA (AP):United States Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would be "dangerous from an international point of view" if elected, the United Nations human rights chief said yesterday, defiantly doubling down on his recent expression of...
WASHINGTON (AP):Hillary Clinton is pressing Republicans to take a clear stand on Donald Trump as she tries to capitalise on GOP divisions since revelation of his predatory comments about women...
BEIRUT (AP):United States Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss ways to resolve the Syria crisis at a meeting with counterparts from "key regional partners" in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday....
The White House said yesterday that United States President Barack Obama found the video of Donald Trump talking about kissing and groping women to be "repugnant".White House spokesman Josh Earnest said people...
Hacked emails show US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign team was eager to move past the controversy over her use of a homebrew email server last year as it debated how to respond to the issue.The Associated Press reported in March...
