Category Archives: World

MANILA, Philippines - Eight Filipino fishermen were fatally shot by at least five suspected pirates who boarded their boat in the southern Philippines, officials said Tuesday. Seven other crewmembers ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Tom Hiddleston is apologizing for his Golden Globes acceptance speech in which he said he was proud that his show could provide “relief and entertainment” for human...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Police leading a massive manhunt for the suspected killer of an Orlando officer on Wednesday collected hundreds of tips and announced the arrests of two people who allegedly aided the ...

BANGKOK - Thailand’s prime minister said Tuesday he will honour a request from the country’s new king that several changes be made to a constitution that was approved in a referendum last ...

BERLIN - Roman Herzog, who as president pressed Germany to embrace economic reform in the 1990s and also stressed the importance of remembering the Nazi Holocaust, has died. He was 82. Current Preside...

WASHINGTON - Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. of...

GUERNEVILLE, Calif. - About 2,000 people in a rural California community near Sacramento were asked to leave their homes Tuesday as a river swollen by days of heavy rain threatened to flood, while nor...

LONDON - The perky, pastel-hued jazz musical “La La Land” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Oscars. “La La Land” is nominated in 11...

MANILA, Philippines - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck under the Celebes Sea off the southern Philippines on Tuesday but was far too deep to cause any damage and casualties or gene...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - The Israeli army on Tuesday said troops shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers during a West Bank arrest raid. In a statement, it said forces were operati...