Seven siblings, one niece slain
SYDNEY — An Australian woman was arrested in the killings of eight children, seven of whom are believed to be her own, police said Saturda...
Pakistan shows zero-tolerance
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan executed two convicted terrorists Friday, the first of 400 militants headed to the hangman’s noose amid a government cr...
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani warplanes and ground forces killed at least 77 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said today, days after T...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban massacre that killed 148 people, mostly children, at a military-run school in northwestern Pakistan left a scene of heart-wrenching deva...
Most victims were students
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar today, killing at least 126 pe...
SYDNEY — Five people escaped from a Sydney cafe where a gunman took an unknown number of hostages during morning rush hour today. Two people inside the cafe earlier held...
JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius again faces the possibility of a murder conviction after a South African judge ruled today that prosecutors can appeal against the double-...
TOKYO — A Japanese space explorer took off today on a six-year journey to blow a crater in a remote asteroid and try to bring back rock samples.
The explorer, named Haya...
Global meeting held in Brussels
BRUSSELS — A global fight against Islamic State militants will likely take years to fully succeed, but nations are prepared to engage “for...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly 2,000 Brazilian couples have said “I do” in the largest collective wedding Rio de Janeiro has seen.
The state of Rio de Janeiro hosted the ceremo...
