Pope thanks Greece for taking migrants
MORIA, Greece — Pope Francis made an emotional visit to Greece on Saturday to thank its people for welcoming migrants and meet...
He is most senior official to ever visit site
HIROSHIMA, Japan — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the revered memorial to Hiroshima’s atomic bombing, delivering...
NEW DELHI — The world’s count of wild tigers roaming forests from Russia to Vietnam has gone up for the first time in more than a century, with some 3,890 counted by con...
Islamic State battles discussed
BAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made an unannounced stop in Baghdad today to meet Iraq’s prime minister and other top officia...
TOKYO — Next week, Secretary of State John Kerry will become the highest-ranking American government official to visit Hiroshima, where 140,000 Japanese died from the fi...
He used shell company to shelter money
LONDON — Iceland’s prime minister became the first major figure brought down by the leak of millions of records on offshore account...
But more countries drop death penalty
NEW YORK — Amnesty International reports that there was a dramatic 54 percent increase in executions globally in 2015, with Iran, Pa...
Countries question financial dealings
BERLIN — The release of a vast trove of documents and other data on offshore financial dealings of wealthy, famous and powerful peop...
Group of 202 moved to Turkey
DIKILI, Turkey — A first group of migrants was ferried from the Greek islands to Turkey today as part of a controversial European Union plan ...
Many others remain trapped in India
KOLKATA, India — Rescuers in Kolkata dug through large chunks of debris from an overpass that collapsed while under construction today...
