TOKYO — Russia and Japan agreed today to hold talks on joint economic development of four islands at the center of a decades-old territorial dispute between the countrie...
A chimpanzee unwraps a cardboard box containing fruits and vegetables it received today as Christmas gift in the Zoo in Veszprem, southwest of Budapest, Hungary.
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Bombing at chapel kills 25 in Cairo
CAIRO — A bombing at a chapel adjacent to Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 49 during ...
Frantic rescue effort under way
MEUREUDU, Indonesia — A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province early today, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic r...
His casting not 'whitewashing'
BEIJING — Matt Damon criticized “outrageous” stories in the era of fake news as he responded today to accusations that his role in the new ...
Soccer team crash killed 71
CHAPECO, Brazil — A small Brazilian city that was captivated by the rise of its modest soccer club planned on Saturday to bury the dead from a...
MEDELLIN, Colombia — A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing...
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...
