Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump managed to avoid questions about hot-button issues facing the White House - such as the future of national security adviser Michael Flynn and a North Korean missile l...

BEIJING - Global stock markets rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank could raise interest rates as soon as next month, a sign of confidence in the stren...

FRANKFURT - France’s PSA Group, maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, says it’s exploring a possible takeover of Opel, General Motors’ money-losing European business. PSA Group said in ...

London’s mayor says the British capital will hold a free outdoor screening of an Academy Award-nominated Iranian film whose director scrapped plans to attend the Oscars because of President Dona...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Strong gains by bank stocks pushed major U.S. indexes to more all-time highs. Banks rallied Tuesday as bond yiel...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency said Tuesday the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to be in touch with him or others about their c...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korea on Tuesday celebrated its latest missile launch, which foreign experts were analyzing for evidence of advancement in the country&#...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Palm oil plantation workers killed and ate a critically endangered orangutan on the island of Borneo, according to an Indonesian lawmaker who called for police to investigate what...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - An Atlanta-area man has turned himself in after he was accused of engaging in a sex act with a dog while working as a landscaper. Jail records show that 61-year-old Cruz Barrera-L...

BANGKOK - Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the Thai government is handing out pills it calls “very magical vitamins” to prospective mothers to boost the country’s falling birt...