LONDON — When Rohini Anand took over diversity programs at multinational catering company Sodexo in 2002, she had one goal: To prove that it pays for a company to have e...
Leader's hard-line policies win out
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party scored a resounding victory in the country’s electio...
Parliamentary elections held
JERUSALEM — Israelis were voting in parliament elections today after a heated three-month campaign that focused on economic issues but ended ...
This image supplied by Tourism Ireland on Monday shows the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy floodlit green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Landmark buildings across Irelan...
MOSCOW — The Russian military today launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiralin...
Authorities say 6 dead, 30 hurt
SENDAI, Japan — The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has lost years of development progress and must “start anew” following a powerful cyc...
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year’s end, bowing to military leaders who want to ...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he hopes Israel elects a government that can address the country’s domestic needs and also “meets the ho...
NEW DELHI — An Indian bride walked out of her wedding ceremony after the groom failed to solve a simple math problem, police said today.
The bride tested the groom on hi...
It must sit 2 years before being sold
RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan — When the tsunami warning sounded, workers at the two-centuries-old soy sauce maker in northeastern Japan ran ...
