Category Archives: World

BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian authorities say at least three people have died and hundreds have been rescued after thunderstorms and heavy rains swept across the country, creating flash floods. The In...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Gunfire erupted as Iranian security forces confronted protesters early Sunday amid demonstrations over water scarcity in the country’s south, violence that authorit...

LUCKNOW, India - At least 48 people were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus plunged off a mountain road into a gorge in northern India, officials said. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand state Triven...

NEW DELHI - Police in India’s capital said they found 11 bodies at a home under mysterious circumstances on Sunday, including 10 that were blindfolded and hanging. The victims were all from the ...

NEW YORK - Drake’s “Scorpion” has set a record for most one-day streams for an album on Apple Music. The streaming platform says the album has logged more than 170 million streams wo...

DUBLIN - South Sudan government troops violated the country’s latest cease-fire just hours after it began at midnight, the armed opposition claimed Saturday, while a government spokesman accused...

BEIJING - Eighteen people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in central China, police said Saturday. The accident took place Frid...

KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced the end of the government’s unilateral cease-fire and ordered forces to restart their operations across the country. Ghani said Saturday in a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - After 30 hours of effort, volunteers were able to rescue a 7-week-old deaf puppy that fell down a 50-foot (15-meter) crevice behind a house in Alabama. Volunteers erupted in cheers ...

BERLIN - Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel say they’ve signed a deal to merge European steel operations into a new firm. Under the agreement signed Saturday, each company...