STOCKHOLM — Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature toda...
STOCKHOLM — Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for developing new methods that let microsc...
NEW YORK — In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain has come down with the disease — the first time someone has caught the diseas...
TOKYO — A powerful typhoon that washed three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea, killing at least one, slammed central Japan today, stalling trains and flights and tr...
SYDNEY — After a four-month hiatus, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is about to resume in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, with searchers lowering new e...
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia — As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric...
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police warned of serious consequences if pro-democracy protesters try to occupy government buildings, as they have threatened to do if the territor...
KISO, Japan — Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano today, bringing the total presumed dead to 36, as toxic gases and ash from the still-erup...
BEIRUT — U.S. coalition-led warplanes struck jihadis attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, as well as positions including wheat silos in ...
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A U.S.-Russian crew docked early today with the International Space Station, about six hours after launching from Russia’s manned space facility i...
