DAMASCUS, Syria — Russian warplanes have attacked the Islamic State group and other insurgents in central and northern Syria with a wave of new airstrikes, Syrian and Ru...
MOSCOW — Russian military jets carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria today for the first time, the defense ministry said.
The airstrikes target...
Migrants cause tensions to rise
ZAGREB, Croatia — Tensions escalated between Serbia and Croatia today as the longtime foes struggled to come up with a coherent way to dea...
MINA, Saudi Arabia — At least 453 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede today on the outskirts of Mecca, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual ...
HAVANA — Pope Francis begins a 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States on Saturday, embarking on his first trip to the onetime Cold War foes after helping to nudge for...
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CAIRO — At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured in Egypt’s southwestern desert Sunday when security ...
A towering construction crane, center, is seen collapsed over the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Saturday morning. The towering construction crane toppled o...
Torrential rain falls for 2 days
JOSO, Japan — Floods may fill your house with mud, but at least it’s standing and you’re alive.
“It’s still here!” said 34-year-old Chie ...
LONDON — Judy Carne, a star of the U.S. comedy show “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” has died in a British hospital. She was 76.
She was famous for popularizing the “Sock it...
Zimbabwe slow to pursue case
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Amid fears that extraditing an American bow hunter for killing Ceil the lion could hurt Zimbabwe’s hunting business, autho...
