JERUSALEM — The Israeli president’s office says President Shimon Peres will meet the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, next week.
A statement Wednesday said...
MAKHACHKALA, Russia — A team of U.S. investigators is speaking with the parents of the two Boston bombing suspects in southern Russia.
The official said Wednesday that ...
SASI-RI, North Korea — The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity — not of fighting, but of farming.
Beyond the barbed wire, ruddy-faced Nort...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran today denied any links with an alleged terrorist plot that Canadian authorities claim was directed by al-Qaida operatives in Iran and sought to derai...
ZONNEBEKE, Belgium — The Tyne Cot cemetery sweeps gently down the slope, the nearly 12,000 headstones aligned in solemn rows of gleaming white. Beyond the walls stretch ...
JERUSALEM — Thousands of travelers have been stranded in Israel during the second day of a strike by the nation’s three airlines.
Airline workers launched the strike on ...
188 are known dead in disaster
LUSHAN, China — The tent village that sprang up in two days to house quake survivors in mountain-flanked Lushan is no ordinary refugee camp...
Thatcher evokes strong feelings
LONDON — Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a co...
Female leader was no feminist
LONDON — She was Britain’s first female leader, a strong woman who battled her way to the top of a male-dominated political system — but don...
Prime minister altered Britain
LONDON — Love her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain.
The Iron Lady who was in office for 11 ...
