Category Archives: World

LUCKNOW, India - At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India in recent days, officials said Monday. Days of heavy...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Searchers on Monday found the last five victims of a tourist boat sinking in Indonesia that killed 15 people. The search was ended with all the victims found, said Agustiawarman, ...

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court has ordered the father and ex-husband of a murdered British woman held for 14 days pending trial, apparently the latest case of so-called “honour killings” in...

TOKYO - Strong winds from a typhoon forced air traffic controllers to temporarily abandon the control tower at Narita International Airport on Monday, shutting down one of Tokyo’s two main airpo...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Storm victims spill out of the waiting rooms, some clutching water-stained documents, others with the long stare of those stricken by disaster, each with a story of personal tragedy...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Police are seeking at least two suspects in a shooting at a crowded Connecticut house party that left 13 people wounded. Bridgeport police believe the shooters were hiding behind b...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea and the United States began annual military drills Monday despite North Korea’s threat of nuclear strikes in response to the exercises that it calls an in...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Expressing “deep regret” for his actions, an Islamic extremist pleaded guilty Monday to orchestrating the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert c...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Chinese envoy arrived in Taiwan on Monday for a city-to-city dialogue, amid a chill in relations following the inauguration of the island’s independence-leaning president, Tsa...

MIAMI - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the seventh tropical storm of the season, Gaston, has developed far over the Atlantic. Gaston is forecast to strengthen steadily Tuesday and could becom...