276 were kidnapped from Nigerian school
ABUJA, Nigeria — A Nigerian government official said “all options are open” in efforts to rescue almost 300 abducted schoolgirls f...
Search for girls, Boko Haram continues
LAGOS, Nigeria — The effort to rescue the 276 schoolgirls believed to be captives of Islamic extremists in northeastern Nigeria was...
ISTANBUL — Bartholomew I, spiritual leader of 250 million Orthodox Christians, says a meeting with Pope Francis in Jerusalem this month will help move the two churches c...
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are set to begin a special investigation of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, raising the stakes in a poli...
DONETSK, Ukraine — The pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine decided today to go ahead with Sunday’s referendum on autonomy despite a call from Russian President Vlad...
SAN FRANCISCO — Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in history.
In a long-awaited move Tuesda...
Numbers revealed at U.N. hearing
GENEVA — The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanction...
DONETSK, Ukraine — Thirty pro-Russia insurgents and four government troops have been killed during operations to expunge anti-government forces around a key eastern city...
Students huddled on doomed ferry
SEOUL, South Korea — Soon after the ferry begins to tilt, nervous laughter can be heard from the high school students huddled below deck....
BAGHDAD — Iraqis braved the threat of bombs and attacks to vote today in key elections for a new parliament.
Hundreds of thousands of troops and police fanned out to gu...
