Money would boost military across Europe
WARSAW, Poland — President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to back a $1 billion effort to boost the U.S. military presenc...
TOKYO — A Japanese oil tanker exploded today off the country's southwest coast near Himeji port, leaving one of the eight people aboard missing, the coast guard said. Fo...
LONDON — Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.
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CAIRO — Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from a debacle of low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls today even...
Nigeria in talks for their release
ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to...
Critic calls effort 'gesture'
Pope Francis says his plans to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is part of an effort to “go forward” with “zero tolerance” in confront...
BEIJING — China’s government plans to take 6 million older, polluting vehicles off the road this year in an effort to revive stalled progress toward cleaning up smog-cho...
AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Francis thanked Jordan on Saturday for welcoming hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, calling for an “urgent,” peaceful...
BANGKOK — Thailand’s junta has commandeered every TV channel for round-the-clock broadcasts of dour announcements and patriotic hymns. The public’s verdict: DJ, please c...
Syrian death toll on the rise
BEIRUT — A mortar shell struck a large tent in southern Syria where supporters of President Bashar Assad had gathered for election campaigni...
