SEOUL, South Korea — Even when Kim Jong Un was nowhere to be seen, he was everywhere.
From “Saturday Night Live” spoofs to the wild theories of journalists across the gl...
HONG KONG — An angry crowd of people opposed to pro-democracy protests that have paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for more than two weeks charged barricades used by the demo...
Satyarthi named joint recipient
OSLO, Norway — Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work...
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s top lawyer says he favors a radical change in how the Catholic Church handles marriage annulments to speed them up and reduce costs and red ...
World is finally 'waking up'
GENEVA — The scientist who's widely credited with discovering the Ebola virus said this week that the world finally was “waking up” to the ep...
STOCKHOLM — Patrick Modiano of France, who has made a lifelong study of the Nazi occupation and its effect on his country, was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature toda...
STOCKHOLM — Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell won the Nobel Prize in chemistry today for developing new methods that let microsc...
NEW YORK — In a case underscoring the perils of caring for Ebola patients, a nurse in Spain has come down with the disease — the first time someone has caught the diseas...
TOKYO — A powerful typhoon that washed three American airmen in Okinawa out to sea, killing at least one, slammed central Japan today, stalling trains and flights and tr...
SYDNEY — After a four-month hiatus, the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is about to resume in a desolate stretch of the Indian Ocean, with searchers lowering new e...
