Blackouts hit thousands of Aussie homes after large storm

SYDNEY–Thousands of Victorian homes have been left without power after a storm swept the state with some regions being inundated by a month’s worth of rain...

A Trump national security adviser tapped as Singapore envoy

Pope on Palm Sunday decries suffering from war, terrorism

VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo....

Tillerson steps up on Syria, Russia after avoiding spotlight

WASHINGTON –Criticized for his low-profile diplomacy, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is emerging from the shadows with a leading public role in shaping and explaining the...

Suspect’s status as failed asylum seeker saddens Stockholm

STOCKHOLM –Swedes questioned their country’s welcoming immigration policies with pride and pain on Sunday after learning that an asylum-seeker from Uzbekistan was allegedly behind the truck rampage...

Tillerson says missile strikes carry a message for others

WASHINGTON –Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian air base in retaliation for a chemical weapon attack carries a message for any...

Syrian refugees see glimmer of hope in Trump’s policy shift

KAWERGOSK CAMP, Iraq –For the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across camps and illegal settlements, the chemical attack on a town in northern Syria and subsequent U.S. strike...

Worshippers throng to Jerusalem for Palm Sunday

JERUSALEM –Christians in the Holy Land are celebrating Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week that leads up to Easter. Crowds of faithful gathered at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the...

Church bombings in Egypt kill 37, wound dozens