9 days of mourning set
HAVANA — A nine-story portrait of a young Fidel Castro has joined the towering images of fallen guerrillas overlooking Havana’s Plaza of the Revolu...
Court throws out Holocaust appeal
BERLIN — A German federal court said today that it has thrown out the appeal of a 95-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard aga...
Deadliest attack by IS since July
MOSUL, Iraq — The death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group rose to 73 today, including about 40...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, the station’s...
TOKYO — Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore today and fueled concerns a...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Two strong earthquakes rattled different parts of New Zealand today but there were no initial reports of serious damage or injuries.
The first ...
IS could use chemical weapons
IRBIL, Iraq — Iraqi troops moved today to retake another neighborhood in the eastern sector of the northern city of Mosul but were facing st...
[naviga:h3]Train accident death toll rises to 146[/naviga:h3]
PUKHRAYAN, India — The death toll from India’s worst train accident in years rose to 146 today after rescue...
LIMA, Peru — President Barack Obama will close a three-nation, post-U. S. election tour the same way he opened it: by reassuring leaders from around the world that U.S. ...
Clashes leave 3 policemen dead
MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi troops faced stiff resistance Saturday from Islamic State militants as they pushed deeper into eastern Mosul, backed by...
