Merkel thanks Harper, Obama for diplomatic support on Ukraine

OTTAWA — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday night she is leaving North America having won support from the United States and Canada for her effort...

PHL, Indonesia vow enhanced focus on migrant workers

MANILA — Governments of the Philippines and Indonesia on Monday declared to further strengthen the fight to protect migrants and migrant workers. President Benigno Aquino III,...

PDEA, Indonesia ink MoU vs drug trafficking

MANILA — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and National Narcotics Board, or dubbed as Badan Narkotika Nasional (BNN) of the Republic of Indonesia, signed a...

Aquino welcomes Indonesian President Widodo to Malacañang

MANILA — President Benigno S. Aquino III received Indonesian President Joko Widodo at Malacañang Palace on Monday afternoon. After the customary welcome ceremony at the palace...

Police: 5 dead, including gunman, in Georgia shooting

DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — Neighbors along a quiet, suburban street outside Atlanta were left horrified after police say a man shot six people – killing four of...

Ahead of curfew ending, bombs kill 40 in Baghdad area

BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s decade-old nightly curfew ended after midnight Sunday, hours after bombs exploded in and around the Iraqi capital, killing at least 40 people in...

Trial comes for Marine accused of killing ‘American Sniper’

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Eddie Ray Routh had been talking crazy for a while. So when he showed up on his sister’s doorstep one afternoon two...

Lawyer Amal Clooney wants to meet Egyptian president, press for Fahmy release

Lawyer Amal Clooney has requested a meeting with Egypt’s president to press for the release of Al-Jezeera journalist and Canadian citizen Mohamed Fahmy. Clooney makes the...

Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire

Islamic State hostage’s family hopeful she’s still alive

PRESCOTT, Arizona — The parents of a 26-year-old American who Islamic State extremists say was killed in an airstrike in Syria said in a statement addressed...