U.S. encouraged by new leader
UNITED NATIONS — Foreign ministers from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany will meet with Iran’s top diplom...
NAIROBI, Kenya — The militant group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed today the Kenyan government assault team carried out “a demolition” of the building, bu...
Rouhani speaks to world leaders
UNITED NATIONS — Iran’s new president told world leaders Tuesday that the biggest danger in the Middle East is chemical weapons falling in...
Official says there were 2, 3
WASHINGTON — Two or three Americans and one Briton were among those who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, Kenya’s foreign minister said Mond...
Death toll is 62 in siege at mall
NAIROBI, Kenya — Four thunderous explosions rattled Nairobi’s upscale mall today, part of a battle between Kenyan troops and al-Qaida-li...
Classes resume amid civil war
DAMASCUS, Syria — Facing extraordinary challenges, millions of Syrian children in government-controlled areas returned to school this week d...
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Engineers declared success on Tuesday as the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright during an unprecedented, 19-hour operation ...
TOKYO — Eiji Toyoda, a member of Toyota’s founding family who helped create the super-efficient “Toyota Way” production method, has died. He was 100.
Toyoda, a cousin of...
U.S., Russia negotiate pact
GENEVA — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday they have reached an agreement on a frame...
NEW DELHI — An Indian court today sentenced to death four men for the December gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal...
