MOSCOW — The investigation into the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who was gunned down not far from the Kremlin, faced con...
MOSCOW — Russia’s top investigative body said Saturday it is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, includin...
At least 70 Christians taken by militants
BEIRUT — Kurdish and Christian militiamen battled Islamic State militants today in northeastern Syria, where the extremist group...
Journal touts breakthrough
LONDON — Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their a...
Defense secretary speaks in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan — A more hopeful outlook for Afghan democracy is the key reason the Obama administration is considering slowing down ...
Troops retreat after long siege
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks, roamed the streets of Debaltseve today, a day after Ukrainian forces began wi...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican did something it has never done before by giving a group of U.S. gay and lesbian Catholics VIP seats at Pope Francis’ weekly general audience ...
Denmark mourns shooting victims
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two men suspected of helping the gunman behind the deadly attacks in Copenhagen were jailed for 10 days today as Dan...
RIO DE JANEIRO — The show went on Sunday at the world’s most-celebrated Carnival parades, despite a tropical deluge that soaked thousands of feather-clad dancers, wildly...
Beheadings spur action
CAIRO — Egyptian warplanes struck Islamic State targets in Libya today in swift retribution for the extremists’ beheading of a group of Egyptian Ch...
