Violence has forced them out of homes
KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of Afghans are pouring into makeshift camps in the capital where they face a harsh winter as the Tal...
Troops now in supporting role
KABUL, Afghanistan — The war in Afghanistan, fought for 13 bloody years and still raging, came to a formal end Sunday with a quiet flag-lowe...
Catholics make headway
HAVANA — Golden rays of tropical sunlight slant through the caved-in roof of Saint Thomas de Villanueva chapel, illuminating tiles graced by the fa...
ANKARA, Turkey — The Iraqi prime minister says Iraq and Turkey have discussed cooperation in fighting the Islamic State group, including possible Turkish military and in...
Islamic State captured pilot
AMMAN, Jordan — The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son’s release on Thursday, askin...
Disaster killed 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Crying onlookers took part in beachside memorials and religious services across Asia today to mark the 10th anniver...
Strict rules enforced
BEIRUT — The gunmen came to the all-girls’ elementary school in the Iraqi city of Fallujah at midday with a special delivery: piles of long black ro...
Service restored after about 10 hours
SEOUL, South Korea — Key North Korean websites were back online today after a nearly 10-hour shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to re...
MANAMA, Bahrain — The U.S. Navy says one of its helicopters crash-landed during training at Camp Buehring in Kuwait and that the six-member crew survived, with some sust...
Pope lists 15 Curia ailments
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a blistering critique today of the Vatican bureaucracy that serves him, denouncing how some people lust fo...
