Category Archives: World

GENEVA - Cate Blanchett and some other big-name movie stars are speaking out about the plight of refugees in a stark video that entreats viewers to imagine what they’d do if they had to flee war...

NEW YORK - Potash Corp. and Agrium said Monday that they are combining to create the world’s largest crop nutrient company. The Canadian companies both sell fertilizers and nutrients to farmers ...

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The mosque that Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen attended was heavily damaged in an arson fire that Muslim leaders said was the latest incident in an escalating campaign of har...

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities have accused Kurdish militants of detonating a car bomb that wounded 48 people Monday in the eastern city of Van. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted a statement by...

RENO, Nev. - Three people who died in a small plane crash into a vehicle parking lot at Reno-Tahoe International Airport had been headed to the San Francisco Bay Area, an airport official said Monday....

NEW YORK - The U.S. marked the 15th anniversary of 9-11 with the solemn roll call of the dead Sunday but couldn’t keep the presidential campaign from intruding on what is traditionally a politic...

The U.S. Geological Survey says a lake of lava has come into view atop Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, and a burst of seismic activity has shaken the summit in recent days. It’s the first time t...

NEW YORK - Mere minutes before heading out to face Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final, Stan Wawrinka met in the locker room with his coach and felt as nervous as he ever had. Wawrinka was shaking. ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone will talk about his new film, “Snowden,” at the Harvard Kennedy School. The movie is set to be released in theatres on Friday...

HOUSTON - Miguel Moll knew the risk of rape when he was thrown into a Texas jail in 1989 after joyriding in a stolen car. Then 17, he was placed in a holding pen in Houston, and an older inmate said o...