A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood early yesterday morning, killing at least 67 people, police officials said. The Islamic State group
Former President Jimmy Carter, who at age 90 still travels the world supporting the humanitarian endeavors that have consumed his time in the decades since he left office, announced he
Swedish prosecutors said yesterday they have dropped three cases of sexual misconduct against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange because they have expired, but will continue to investigate accusations of rape against
Hundreds of competitors have been left stranded and there have been several reports of bodies floating in the sea. Rescuers from both sides of the Irish sea are working around the
Police say dogs trying to get at a box of cupcakes left on top of a stove apparently started a small fire in a Pennsylvania home. The landlord tells police in
A Russian soldier suspected of killing an entire family in Armenia has been convicted of desertion as a precursor to his murder trial. Valery Permyakov, who served with a Russian military
Commercial trade between China and the Community of Portuguese Language Speaking Countries (CPLP) member states fell 25.62 percent in the first half of this year to close at EUR43.36 billion
stealing role in the Oscar-winning movie “The Artist,” has died. Uggie was euthanized Friday after a bout with prostate cancer, his owner, Los Angeles animal trainer Omar Von Muller, said yesterday.
CHINA A coal mining accident in southern China has left 10 dead and five injured, local authorities said yesterday. The Pu’an county government in Guizhou province said on its website
Hillary Rodham Clinton has relented to months of demands that she relinquish the personal email server she used while secretary of state, directing the device be given to the Justice
A police officer who killed an unarmed college football player during a suspected burglary at a Texas car dealership was fired Tuesday (yesterday in Macau) for making mistakes that the
Dozens of people from the Middle East reached the Greek island of Kos from nearby Turkey yesterday, joining thousands already camped in wretched conditions on what is normally a tourist
An online image circulated yesterday purported to show the beheading of a Croatian hostage held by the Islamic State group’s Egyptian affiliate, the first such killing of a foreign captive
Jamie Gavin had the four-hour operation at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex, west of London. His condition is described as satisfactory. The young patient and his parents were flown from Ireland to London
The playful baboon Luka has been rescued and returned to Macedonia’s largest zoo after he was snatched by captors. Police say the 18-month-old crowd favorite was abducted Monday from Skopje Zoo
CHINA’s military is staging live-firing exercises in the country’s west as part of a series of drills involving more than 140,000 troops, state media reported yesterday. The “Joint Action-2015D” exercises
Greece has agreed on the broad terms of a new three-year bailout package with international creditors, with only a few details left to iron out, officials said yesterday. Euclid Tsakalotos sounded upbeat about
Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson during a protest that stretched into early yesterday marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American by a
Dutch prosecutors have said for the first time that they have found possible parts of a BUK missile system at the site in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
A Japan Airlines jumbo jet has crashed on a remote mountainside 70 miles (112km) from Tokyo in Japan. There were 15 crew and 509 passengers on board, mostly holidaymakers. There are no
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