Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - The convoy of vehicles was driving on a dirt road in northwestern Syria when the aerial attack by the U.S.-led coalition struck, turning the vehicles into balls of fire and the people inside ...

U.S. stock indexes were mostly higher in afternoon trading Friday, giving up some of their gains from earlier in the day. Banks and other financial companies were up the most as investors sized up ear...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The International Space Station’s solar power grid got three more top-of-the-line batteries Friday during the second spacewalk in a week. Commander Shane Kimbrough and Fre...

SAN DIEGO - When James Tomsheck joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection in 2006 as chief of internal affairs, the nation’s largest law enforcement agency was on an unprecedented hiring spree. ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. businesses stockpiled more goods in warehouses and on store shelves in November as sales improved slightly. The Commerce Department says business inventories rose a seasonally adjust...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks rose in midday trading as investors pore over earnings reports from several big lenders. Banks and other...

MOSCOW - Still mired in a doping scandal and with a track team banned from international competition, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said his country may put forth a bid to host the 20...

LONDON - Victor Lownes, a former executive of Playboy who helped forge the brand’s hedonistic ethos and put much of the swing into the “Swinging London” era, has died at 88. Friend B...

WASHINGTON - Americans stepped up their auto buying and online shopping in December, reflecting a boost in confidence after the election and a solid increase in pay. Retail sales rose a seasonally adj...

BEIRUT - Maintenance workers arrived in Syria’s rebel-held valley near Damascus Friday to fix the water facility there, signalling an end to the violent standoff that has dried out the capital f...