Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations with Singapore with a state dinner for a leader Obama praised as respected around the world and a trusted partner. Obama...

NEW DELHI - Two buses plunged into a flooded river after an old bridge collapsed in western India, leaving at least 22 people missing and feared dead, an official said Wednesday. Rescuers had not foun...

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 12:20 a.m. Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence isn’t addressing GOP tensions after running mate Donald Tru...

FERGUSON, Mo. - For the second time in four months, voters in Ferguson have approved a tax increase to help the St. Louis suburb rebound from the financial hit it took following the fatal police shoot...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Eruptions at three volcanoes in Indonesia have darkened skies in parts of the archipelago and disrupted some flights. Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island near Bali, the Sinabung volcan...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens won the Republican primary for Missouri governor Tuesday after a hard-fought race in which he cast himself as a conservative outsider willi...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - A doctor backed by agriculture and business groups ousted U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Tuesday in a Kansas Republican primary race that focused on the tea party-backed incumbent’s ...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A medium-range ballistic missile fired Wednesday by North Korea flew about 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) and landed near Japan’s territorial waters, Seoul and Tokyo of...

SAN FRANCISCO - In a big victory for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a judge on Tuesday cut nearly all of a potential $562 million fine against the giant utility in a criminal case alleging it violate...

BALTIMORE - As the nation reels from repeated incidents of violence between police and African Americans, the head of the National Urban League said Tuesday that his group deliberately chose to hold i...