TORONTO — Canadian police foiled a plot by two suspects who were planning to go to a mall and kill as many people as they could before committing suicide on Valentine’s ...
It says spanking children not OK
VATICAN CITY — Members of Pope Francis’ sex abuse commission have criticized his remarks that it is OK for parents to spank their childre...
Ukraine peace deal hammered out
MINSK, Belarus — Guns would fall silent, heavy weapons would pull back from the front and Ukraine would trade a broad autonomy for the ea...
Ex-Guantanamo inmate worked with IS militants
WASHINGTON — During six years behind bars at Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rauf insisted he was a lowly Taliban foot soldier who del...
CAIRO — Egypt’s Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo st...
BEIRUT — Islamic State extremists claimed an American woman held hostage by the group was killed Friday in a Jordanian airstrike in northern Syria, but the government of...
TOKYO — College-educated and gainfully employed 36-year-old Eriko Sekiguchi should be a sought after friend or date, planning nights on the town and faraway resort vacat...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots apparently shut off the other before making a futi...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Moments before the TransAsia Airways propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, one of its pilots said, “Mayday, mayday, engine flameout,” accordi...
Structure preaches religious tolerance
BALEA LAC, Romania — High on a remote mountain in Romania, priests have blessed a church made entirely from ice, outstanding both f...
