Category Archives: World

RENO, Nev. - Much of Northern California and the Sierra Nevada braced for potential flooding into the weekend as a winter storm that dumped more than 2 feet of snow around Lake Tahoe made its way towa...

JE YANG, Myanmar - Every afternoon, dozens of teenage girls at the school for displaced children line up on the grounds, dressed in white uniforms with belts of various colours: yellow, blue, white. T...

GRAY, France - Gray is a dying town, its residents lament. Big businesses have moved away, taking jobs with them. Though it still lives up to its nickname “Gray la jolie,” or “Gray t...

QUANTICO, Va. - Marine Corps recruits testified Thursday that they were called names, forced to do calisthenics in a dusty building and made to help a drill instructor with his homework during boot ca...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped significantly last week, a sign of a robust job market. THE NUMBERS: Weekly requests for jobless aid fell 28,000 to a seasona...

ISTANBUL - Turkish police are closing in on the gunman who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, a senior government official said Thursday, insisting the suspect’s possible whereabouts and...

BEIRUT - A large explosion hit a Syrian government-held coastal town on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding dozens, according to Syria’s state TV. The attack was a major blow to th...

WASHINGTON - The messaging battle is on over repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law, and the balance of power in Washington may be at stake. Democrats believe they alre...

IZMIR, Turkey - Suspected Kurdish militants on Thursday opened fire at police who stopped them at a checkpoint in the western city of Izmir before detonating their explosives-laden vehicle, the provin...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama returned to his roots at the Harvard Law Review on Thursday, penning an article about progress his administration made in reforming the criminal justice system - an...