Category Archives: World

KABUL - Afghan forces rescued nearly 150 people Monday, including women and children, hours after the Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses and abducted them. The quick response marked a rare if limited ...

NEW YORK - Authorities said Monday that they are looking into sexual assault allegations by a young actor against Italian actress Asia Argento - one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movem...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart duri...

THATCHER, Ariz. - A 72-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of waving a gun at a high school dance in Arizona because he didn’t like the loud music. Police in the small southeastern Arizo...

LONG POND, Pa. - IndyCar driver Robert Wickens was taken by helicopter for medical treatment following a violent wreck at the start of Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, where a driver was killed ...

LOS ANGELES - Glitz won over guns as the gilded romance “Crazy Rich Asians” debuted at No. 1 in North American theatres this weekend, surpassing industry expectations and beating out actio...

Throughout her career, Aretha Franklin often returned to the nation’s capital for performances that at times put her in line with key moments of U.S. History. The “Queen of Soul” san...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam’s faithful face fi...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s defence minister says he’s closing the country’s main personnel crossing with Gaza in response to recent violence along the frontier. Avigdor Lieberman says Sund...

CHENGANNUR, India - Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, officials said Sunday, as rescuers searche...