Category Archives: World

NOVATO, Calif. - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon embraced the 99-year-old woman he calls his “American Mom” Thursday on a nostalgic visit to her home, where as a high school student fro...

MANILA, Philippines - A blast from a suspected grenade and gunshots rocked a Philippine jail, leaving 10 inmates dead, including two alleged Chinese drug criminals, officials said Friday. The warden w...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (All times EDT): 12:35 a.m. Donald Trump says it would be “fine” to try Americans suspected of terrorism at the Guantanamo Bay detenti...

HUA HIN, Thailand - Thais and tourists headed warily into the main part of a big holiday weekend Saturday as authorities looked for suspects and a motive behind a series of blasts that struck tourist ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A strong magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck Friday in the Pacific Ocean near the island nations of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, but authorities said there was no threat of a tsuna...

EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A utility is reassigning workers from a power plant northeast of Detroit and can’t say when the facility they worked at will be reopened following a massive fire. DT...

CHICAGO - A young Muslim woman on Thursday sued Chicago police who mistakenly identified her briefly as a potential “lone wolf” terrorist as she was leaving a city subway station last year...

LONDON - Ecuador said Thursday it’s ready to set a date for Swedish prosecutors to question Julian Assange inside its London embassy - a potential breakthrough in the years-long international im...

SAN DIEGO - In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: “These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended befo...

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian organized crime prosecutors on Thursday detained a man they allege appeared in a British television news report claiming that gangs are trafficking guns in Romania. Atill...