H-bomb not confirmed
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test today, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would be a ...
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande is honoring 17 victims killed in Islamic extremist attacks on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher market and police a ...
Saudi Arabia, Iran tensions rise
TEHRAN, Iran — Allies of Saudi Arabia followed the kingdom’s lead and began scaling back diplomatic ties to Iran today after the ransacki...
6.7-magnitude quake kills 8, injures 100
GAUHATI, India — A strong earthquake damaged buildings, killed at least eight people and injured more than 100 in India’s remote ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan was felt in the capital, Kabul, and across the border in Pakistan, but there were no imm...
Authorities say 2 planned attacks
BRUSSELS — Two people have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of planning attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosec...
Online sales of patties taking off
NEW DELHI — Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days. But there’s one unusu...
SHANGHAI — The latest Star Wars movie has already broken the $1 billion mark. And it hasn’t even been released in China yet.
“The Force Awakens” opens in the world’s se...
Accord may help repair relations
SEOUL, South Korea — An apology from Japan’s prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal today on a de...
Door panel saved his life
BEIJING — Squeezed into a narrow room under piles of debris for 67 hours, a young man was saved by a door that trapped his foot but gave him spa...
