French leader pays visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden vehicle today in a bustling market area in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, I...
[naviga:h3]Expelled diplomats’ lives upended[/naviga:h3]
MOSCOW — A Russian state news agency says that the children of Russian diplomats expelled by the United States a...
Nightclub targeted on New Year's
ISTANBUL — The Islamic State group today claimed responsibility for the New Year’s attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 ...
[naviga:h3]Stops in U.S. likely to irk China[/naviga:h3]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s president will transit through Houston and San Francisco next month while traveling to...
Progress made against ISIL
MOSUL, Iraq — Breaking a two-week lull in fighting, Iraqi troops backed by the U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes and artillery pushed deeper into...
PATNA, India — A coal mine collapse in eastern India killed at least 10 workers and 13 others may be trapped by the mound of fallen earth, police said today.
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Man detained for truck attack
BERLIN — German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week’s truc...
But Catholics must be patriots
BEIJING — China’s head of religious affairs said that Beijing is willing to have constructive dialogue with the Vatican but stressed that C...
MOSCOW — Flight recorders revealed no evidence of an explosion on board a Russian plane that crashed, killing all 92 on board, but investigators haven’t ruled out a deli...
Moscow says UN sanctions are unacceptable
BEIRUT — Turkish and Russian officials are discussing the contours of a cease-fire for Syria, Syrian opposition factions said, b...
