Gunmen kill 43 in attack on Shiite minority in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police say gunmen have killed 43 people in an attack on the country’s Shiite minority. Provincial police chief Ghulam Haider Jamali says...

US Marine helicopter missing in Nepal earthquake and mission

WASHINGTON — A U.S. military helicopter carrying six Marines and two Nepalese Army soldiers went missing during a mission in Nepal delivering aid to earthquake victims,...

South Korean spy agency says North Korea executed defense chief

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed his defense chief for sleeping during a meeting and talking back to the young leader,...

AMTRAK train derails, flips; 5 people dead

Another major earthquake hits Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Another major earthquake has hit Nepal near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mt. Everest. The U.S. Geological Survey said...

Chinese billionaire CEO offers French vacation to 6,400 workers

NICE, France — The billionaire chief executive of the Chinese conglomerate Tiens has given 6,400 of his best salespeople a vacation that started in Paris and...

Dozens injured, 2 dead after tornadoes hit Texas, Arkansas

VAN, Texas — Emergency responders searched the wreckage of communities in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas early Monday, after a rash of tornadoes killed at least...

Fresh avalanches force workers to call off search in Nepal

View image | gettyimages.com KATHMANDU, Nepal — Fresh avalanches forced rescuers in a village buried by a landslide in northern Nepal to stop searching for bodies...

Castro: Pope Francis so impressive I might return to church

View image | gettyimages.com VATICAN CITY — Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call Sunday on Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working...

Trauma and stigma face females rescued from Boko Haram

YOLA, Nigeria — The taunts wouldn’t stop. “Boko Haram wives,” the schoolgirls were called because they had been briefly held by Nigeria’s Islamic extremists before escaping....