WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Americans imprisoned by Iran began their journey home Sunday, their friends and family awaiting emotional reunions, after delicate diplomatic negotiations that played out quietly in the shadows of international nuclear talks...
TEHRAN (AP):Iranian state television yesterday announced that Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post reporter who has been held in an Iranian prison on spy charges for almost 18 months, was freed along with three other Iranian-Americans in a prisoner...
TAIPEI (AP):Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president yesterday, handing her pro-independence party its first majority in the national legislature and rejecting the China-friendly party that has led the self-governing island for...
OUAGADOUGOU (AP):The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended yesterday when Burkina Faso and French security forces killed four jihadist attackers and freed more than 126 people, the West...
WASHINGTON (AP):There was a time when Democrats fretted about Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign becoming a coronation and leaving her without the tests of a primary season to prepare for a general election match up against the Republican...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP):The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as onlookers fled in terror.But when yesterday's assault in central Jakarta was over, the death toll was...
NEW YORK (AP):Anglican leaders yesterday temporarily restricted the role of the US Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the church's acceptance of gay marriage.Episcopalians have been barred for three years from any policy-...
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER (AP): A British man who risked being convicted as a smuggler prevailed in court yesterday, convincing judges that he acted with his heart when he tried to deliver a four-year-old Afghan girl from a squalid migrant camp in France to family members in...
LAS VEGAS (AP): Authorities say Rene Angelil, the husband and manager of Celine Dion, has died in Las Vegas. He was 73 and had battled throat cancer. Coroner John Fudenberg said his office was notified Thursday of Angelil's death. Angelil died...
TOKYO (AP): A strong earthquake struck just off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no reports of major damage. The magnitude-6.7 quake hit about 12:30 p.m. (0330 GMT) Thursday, near Urakawa town...
GENEVA (AP); The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever today after no new cases emerged in Liberia, though health officials warn that it will be several more months before the world is considered free of the...
ISTANBUL (AP):A suicide bomber affiliated with the Islamic State group detonated a bomb in a historic district of Istanbul popular with tourists Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people nine of them German tourists and wounding 15 others,...
BERLIN (AP):Germany will make it easier to deport criminal foreigners following public outrage over the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne, officials said yesterday.Police say 553 criminal complaints have been filed in connection with the assaults,...
GUISELEY (AP):Rob Lawrie had a choice. On one side lay the law - you can't sneak a four-year-old girl across international borders - and on the other side sat his sentiments: How could he leave that girl trapped in a squalid migrant camp?He led with...
CASTRIES (CMC):Outspoken Human rights activist Mary Francis says the interest of the European Union (EU) in the IMPACS (Implementation Agency for Crime and Security) investigation into alleged extrajudicial killings by some members of the Royal...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP):Haitians have gathered at prayer services to mark the sixth anniversary of the country's devastating earthquake and remember those who died.Joseph Philistin brought his two sons to a Catholic church that was one of...
MIAMI (AP):A Saudi prisoner at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who authorities said was a recruiter and fighter for al-Qaida has been sent back to his homeland, the Pentagon said yesterday amid a wave of releases from the detention centre....
MEXICO CITY (AP):Actor Sean Penn said yesterday he has "nothin' to hide" about his clandestine visit to Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, dismissing criticism over his interview with the fugitive who was captured two days ago.In a brief...
BAGHDAD (AP):The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the Baghdad mall attack that killed 18 people yesterday. Gunmen stormed into the Jawhara Mall after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance.Iraqi officials...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP):After a county clerk in Kentucky spent five days in jail last year for refusing to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, a Republican lawmaker in Virginia is pushing legislation aimed at protecting local elected officials...
PORT AU PRINCE, (CMC):An opposition candidate in Haiti's upcoming presidential runoff has refused to participate in campaigning unless there are sweeping reforms to the electoral process.On Friday, Jude Celestin declared that he will not launch his...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico's police force says it has launched the largest crackdown on illegal firearms in the history of the U.S. territory.Police Chief Jose Caldero said yesterday that 135 of 220 suspects have been arrested as part...
Disgraced South Africa's Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius has filed an appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius killed Steenkamp in February 2013 after firing four times through a...
Actor Sean Penn's interview with drug boss Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman was one factor that led to Mexican security forces capturing the kingpin, a government source told Reuters.Mexico's government was aware of the October interview with the legendary...
A projectile hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Yemen yesterday, killing at least four people and injuring 10, the medical-aid group said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents at its facilities in the country.Doctors Without...
