PARIS — Edmonde Charles-Roux, a French writer who was among the founding editors of Elle magazine and a longtime editor of Vogue before turning to literature, has died. ...
Ex-agent died from poisoning
LONDON — President Vladimir Putin probably approved a plan by Russia’s FSB security service to kill former agent Alexander Litvinenko, who di...
PANAJI, India — Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them as palms to allow farmers to c...
H-bomb test viewed as threat
SEOUL, South Korea — A senior U.S. diplomat stepped up pressure on China today to play a leading role in punishing North Korea for its recent...
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 ...
