TEHRAN, Iran — A Washington Post reporter and two other journalists detained last month are being held over “security issues,” Iran’s judiciary spokesman said Monday, offering...
JOHANNESBURG — South African officials say one person died and another seven are presumed dead from the collapse of a building under renovation. Luyanda Majija, a...
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Shin Bet security service says it has thwarted a Hamas coup attempt in the West Bank, though it provided few details. The service...
NEW YORK — At a dinner McDonald’s hosted for reporters and bloggers, waiters served cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs using ingredients from the chain’s menu. A...
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook west #Iran today, including the province of Ilam. Mourmouri village was badly hit. pic.twitter.com/v7cHJxGDBi — Sidewalk Lyrics (@pedestrian) August 18, 2014...
LONDON — Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy...
ISLAMABAD — Twin protests demanding the Pakistani government step down have wreaked havoc in the capital, Islamabad, where commuters must circumvent shipping containers and barbed wire...
BAGHDAD — Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Monday wrested back control of the country’s largest dam from Islamic militants,...
MOSCOW — Ukraine claimed Monday that rebels in the east of the country fired rockets and mortars on civilians trying to flee from the region’s intense...
FERGUSON, Mo. — After a week of violent clashes between police and protesters, Missouri authorities leading the investigation into the police shooting death of an unarmed...