WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday described North Korea’s government as “an illegal and illegitimate regime.”
Kerry used the unusually tough language ...
BEIRUT — A cease-fire to allow wounded civilians and rebels to leave besieged parts of Aleppo has been extended into the weekend by Russia, but hoped-for medical evacuat...
BEIRUT — The Syrian government today opened a new corridor for rebels and civilians who want to leave the besieged eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo, a move that’s part of...
IS attacked on several fronts
BARTELLA, Iraq — Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle today with a pre-dawn advance on a nearby town held by the Islamic State...
KHAZER, Iraq — Iraqi and Kurdish commanders said today they paused their advance on Mosul, a day after the start of a massive operation to retake the Islamic State-held ...
KHAZER, Iraq — Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes launched coordinated military operations early today as the long-awaited fight to wrest the norther...
KHAZIR, Iraq — The U.S.-led coalition is increasing airstrikes in and around the militant-held city of Mosul as Iraqi ground forces build up ahead of a planned operation...
[naviga:h3]Nobel awarded for economics[/naviga:h3]
STOCKHOLM — British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ...
3 choices were Americans
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named 17 new cardinals Sunday, adding like-minded prelates from dioceses big and small to the club who will elect the...
China lax on drug control
SHANGHAI — It’s one of the strongest opioids in circulation, so deadly an amount smaller than a poppy seed can kill a person. Until July, when r...
