Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...
Munich rail stations reopen after terror alert prompts evacuations
Police in the German city of Munich reopened two train stations early Friday as authorities ...
Mariah Carey posts holiday swimsuit photo
The singing superstar has been spending the holidays with her four-year-old twins Moroccan a...
Pope’s year-end message warns about ‘tyranny of evil’...
VATICAN CITY – In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis is encouraging humanity to hang o...
Pope’s year-end message warns about ‘tyranny of evil’
VATICAN CITY – In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis is encouraging humanity to hang on to recollections of good deeds, so that...
Australia weather: Townsville warned as floodgates open
Officials in the Australian city of Townsville are deliberately flooding several neighbourhoods after record rainfall that has swo...
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
A fast-moving fire swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killing at least 78 people, officials say. ...
Thailand votes in first post-coup election
About 50 million voters are heading to the polls in Thailand for the first general election since the 2014 coup. Thailand has be...
Christchurch shootings: Brenton Tarrant appears in court
The main suspect in the killings of 49 people in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday has appeared in court on a sing...
Afghanistan gold mine collapse in Badakhshan kills 30
At least 30 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The collapse occu...
City’s ‘nitpicky’ fines for tree stumps, blinds trigger civil rights lawsuit
King says terror threat coming from mosques, calls for better surveillance
