U.S. wants Kurd allies protected
ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump’s shifting timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Syria has left allies and other players in th...
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump in a New Year’s letter that the Kremlin is “open to dialogue” on the myriad issues hinderi...
A British adventurer was close to becoming the second person to traverse Antarctica completely unassisted just a few days after an American became the first to conquer t...
Another tsunami might occur
CARITA, Indonesia — Indonesia raised the danger level for an island volcano that triggered a tsunami on the weekend, killing at least 430 peop...
Successful test launch claimed
MOSCOW — Russia’s new strategic weapon has rendered any missile defenses useless at a small fraction of their cost, officials said Thursday...
Leaders upset over Trump visit
BAGHDAD — President Donald Trump’s surprise trip to Iraq may have quieted criticism at home that he had yet to visit troops in a combat zon...
SANDRINGHAM, England — Queen Elizabeth II wove personal reflections into the latest edition of her annual Christmas message, saying she hoped her long life brought a mea...
Calls for stronger bonds between all
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish for fraternity among people of different nations, cultures, faiths, races or ide...
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million on Monday in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American coll...
False alarms provoke frenzy
SUMUR, Indonesia — Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to hi...