More than 1M people gather
QUITO, Ecuador — Pope Francis travels to the Ecuadorean port of Guayaquil today for a Mass expected to draw more than 1 million people, as Lati...
LONDON — British police say they have closed an investigation into who supplied Peaches Geldof with the heroin that killed her.
The 25-year-old TV personality, daughter ...
MOSCOW — A Russian booster rocket today successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station, whose crew is anxiously awaiting it after the su...
SYDNEY — A shark bit a terrified surfer’s board today near the Australian coastal town where another surfer was mauled a day earlier, police said.
The 52-year-old surfer...
ATHENS, Greece — Banks and ATMs were shut throughout Greece today, the first day of capital controls announced by the government in a dramatic twist in the country’s fiv...
TOKYO — Heckled by local residents, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined about 5,000 people including the U.S. ambassador in a memorial service marking the 70th anniversary ...
Reforms may speed aid for Greece
BRUSSELS — Greece has finally offered economic reforms that creditors consider closer to being acceptable, giving Prime Minister Alexis ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament today, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police ...
Avoiding Greece default is key
BRUSSELS — Markets surged on hopes for a breakthrough at a summit to be held today to keep Greece from defaulting and falling out of the cu...
Eateries report brisk business
BEIJING — Restaurateurs in a southern Chinese town held an annual dog meat festival today despite international criticism of the event as c...
