3 Americans kidnapped
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces fanned out across the Baghdad neighborhood this morning where three Americans were reportedly kidnapped over the wee...
4 Americans freed in Iran
VIENNA — Four Americans and seven Iranians got tickets to freedom in a prisoner swap playing out alongside the kick-start of an accord lifting h...
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After ringing in the new year with claims of its first successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea is now calling on the United States and the wo...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Pro-independence party candidate Tsai Ing-wen claimed victory in Taiwan’s presidential election late Saturday to become the island’s first female head o...
Iran says it has met obligations
VIENNA — Iran’s foreign minister suggested Saturday that the U.N. atomic agency is close to certifying that his country has met all comm...
Indonesia police cite link to ISIS
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Attackers set off suicide bombs and exchanged gunfire outside a Starbucks cafe in Indonesia’s capital in a brazen ...
Boats drifted into Iranian territory
TEHRAN, Iran — All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have been freed, th...
Doubt cast over economic skills
BEIJING — Stock market and currency turmoil has battered Chinese leaders’ reputation as shrewd economic managers and fed doubts about thei...
Drug lord is moved from cell to cell
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s government is moving Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman constantly from cell to cell inside the maximum security p...
MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines had barely faced down .50-caliber sniper guns and a loaded grenade launcher to recapture the world’s most notorious drug lord when the call...
