SINGAPORE — China’s placement of weapons systems on manmade islands in the South China Sea is designed to intimidate and coerce others in the region, Defence...
WASHINGTON — The Defence Department is poised to take over background investigations for the federal government, using increased automation and high-tech analysis to tighten controls and...
WASHINGTON — Newly filed reports show the Washington lobbyist whose wife rented a bargain-priced Capitol Hill condo to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had far...
WASHINGTON — Defying fears of a global trade war, U.S. businesses have made it abundantly clear that they see no reason to stop hiring. Employers added...
HONOLULU — Lava has burned down two buildings at a geothermal plant near Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano. A substation and adjacent warehouse that stored a drilling...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s Mount Merapi shot a towering plume of ash about 6 kilometres (4 miles) high Friday in eruption authorities said lasted two minutes....
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar and the United Nations agreed to take steps to create conditions for the safe return of about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have...
The U.S. is vowing to veto an Arab-backed resolution that asks the U.N. chief to propose measures to ensure “international protection”for Palestinian civilians. A vote on...
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – North and South Korea on Friday resumed senior-level peace talks Seoul sees as an important step in building trust with Pyongyang...
ATHENS, Greece – A top European Union official in Greece says the country’s access to bond markets remains “fragile”amid the ongoing financial turmoil triggered by the...