Category Archives: World

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Two young New Jersey brothers have become internet sensations after a video was posted of them tossing a rubber pizza. Their father, Carmine Testa, says he has posted numerous vide...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Rene Preval, a low-key technocrat who led Haiti as president during the devastating January 2010 earthquake and a messy and prolonged recovery, has died. He was 74. Preval, who...

OAKLAND, N.J. - A New Jersey branch of the Boy Scouts has agreed to pay $18,000 and issue a formal apology to a 9-year-old transgender boy who was barred from joining. The Northern New Jersey Council ...

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan militias occupied major oil terminals on Friday after clashes with armed forces based in the east and commanded by army chief Gen. Khalifa Hifter, military officials said, ami...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration’s back-to-back controversies over its Russian ties now have at least one thing in common: Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Moscow’s top diplomat is a Washin...

BEIJING - China is warning of “severe damage” to relations with India and increased regional instability if exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama proceeds with a visit to a disputed area al...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesians are by turns shocked and bemused by Donald Trump’s volatile presidency, but many in the world’s most populous Muslim nation say his personality and actions...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - With frequent suicide bombings and assaults on Somalia’s hotels and military targets, the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab has proved more resilient than expected, leading ...

IRBIL, Iraq - The United Nations warned that the alleged use of chemical weapons in Mosul, if confirmed, would be a war crime and a serious violation of international humanitarian law, according to a ...

LINCOLN, Neb. - Authorities on Friday released the names of two inmates who were killed in a riot at a Nebraska prison where a similar deadly incident occurred two years ago. Corrections officials sai...