BEIRUT — Islamic State group militants destroyed the landmark ancient Tetrapylon and parts of the 2nd century Roman theater in Syria’s historic town of Palmyra, the gove...
SYDNEY — A man with a history of mental health and drug abuse issues drove into a street crowded with pedestrians in Australia’s second-largest city today, killing at le...
Snow hinders rescue efforts
FARINDOLA, Italy — Five people were found alive in the rubble of an Italian hotel today, two days after an avalanche tore through the mountain...
More than 30 feared dead
PENNE, Italy — Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy today, reporting ...
Eastern Mosul under control
BAGHDAD — U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced today they were in “full control” of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State milita...
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police rounded up 27 people linked to the suspected gunman in Istanbul’s New Year’s Eve nightclub attack and the justice minister said today tha...
Residents fear open drug war
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said...
BERLIN — Senior German officials reacted today to comments made by President-elect Donald Trump, who said in an interview that NATO was “obsolete” and threatened Germany...
Officials: 37 die near airport
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — A Turkish cargo plane crashed today in a residential area just outside the main airport in Kyrgyzstan, killing 37 peo...
Nuclear weapons 'won't happen'
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to vow that North Korea won’t develop a nuclear weapon capable of re...
