WASHINGTON—The US today vowed to step up economic sanctions to force North Korea to resume talks over its nuclear programme, underlining that its past efforts had...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order creating an accountability and whistleblower protection office at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump, who...
ISTANBUL—Twenty-five people have been detained in southeastern Turkey for suspected links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Gaziantep governor’s office announced in a statement Thursday that more...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is facing a religious and diplomatic balancing act as he heads to Egypt this weekend, hoping to comfort its Christian community...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “has no intention” of releasing his tax returns to the public, says Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, asserting Americans have “plenty of...
DAMASCUS—A big explosion rattled the surrounding area of the international airport of the capital Damascus early Thursday morning, eyewitnesses told Xinhua. Following the blast, whose cause...
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — An acute shortage of gasoline in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang that has sparked price hikes and hoarding...
RICHMOND, Va. — A Tennessee sheriff accused of deleting atheists’ comments on a county Facebook page, a school chief who dismissed a teacher who stepped...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is warning the powerful to act humbly or risk ruin, using the first-ever papal TED talk to urge the world to...
UNITED NATIONS–The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that it procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines to children in nearly 100 countries in 2016, reaching almost...