Boko Haram attacks northeastern Nigerian city, dozens killed

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — In fierce fighting Sunday, Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens of combatants have...

Ukraine: Phone calls prove rebels attacked city, killed 30

KIEV, Ukraine — Intercepted radio and telephone conversations prove that Russian-backed separatists were responsible for firing the rockets that pounded Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol and...

Japan says online image of hostage’s body likely authentic

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday it is highly likely that an image purporting to show that one of the two Japanese hostages being...

Abe ‘speechless’ after video claims IS hostage dead

TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister said Sunday he was “speechless” after an online video purportedly showed that one of two Japanese hostages of the extremist Islamic...

Amid mourning, a new generation enters line to Saudi throne

France tackles discrimination, inequalities after attacks

PARIS — The French government launched a new effort Thursday to heal social and religious fractures by better teaching children about secular values and steering them...

Hundreds displaced in New Jersey apartment building fire

EDGEWATER, N.J. — Hampered by winds and frigid temperatures, firefighters battled a huge fire Wednesday night at a New Jersey apartment complex that sent flames sky...

PH: China’s expanded reclamation a serious concern

MANILA, Philippines – The government accused China last Wednesday of continuing massive reclamation work and development projects in the disputed waters of the Spratly Islands in...

Hillary Clinton declines to take position on Keystone

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday declined again to take a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, telling an audience in Canada that she...

Beard of Egypt’s King Tut hastily glued back on with epoxy

CAIRO — The blue and gold braided beard on the burial mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun was hastily glued back on with epoxy, damaging the relic...