WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama ordered sanctions Tuesday against five people tied to sectarian violence in the Central African Republic and cleared the way for further...
SOMA, Turkey – Rescuers struggled to reach more than 200 miners trapped underground early Wednesday after an explosion and a fire at a coal mine...
SAN DIEGO – Wildfires pushed by gusty winds chewed through canyons parched by California’s drought, prompting evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes on the outskirts...
DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan – A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station has landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan. The landing occurred...
PHILADELPHIA – A dealer of rare historic documents is selling a letter that provides a poignant insight into the family side of a Founding Father. The...
HANOI, Vietnam — Anti-China mobs torched up to 15 foreign-owned factories and trashed many more in southern Vietnam amid rising anger over China’s recent placement of...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. said Tuesday it is “reasonably confident” Thailand’s military won’t launch a coup although analysts warned the nation’s political crisis could trigger armed...
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ninety per cent of voters in a key industrial region in eastern Ukraine came out in favour of sovereignty Sunday, pro-Russian insurgents...
DOSWELL, Va. _ Searchers on Sunday found the body of the third victim from the crash of a hot air balloon that drifted into a...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – Concerns over China’s aggressive behaviour in the South China Sea top the agenda in the first regional summit hosted by Myanmar, which is...