Category Archives: World

MOSCOW - Flags flew at half-staff across Russia on Wednesday as the country mourned 64 victims - many of them children - of a shopping mall fire in Siberia. The blaze engulfed the four-story mall in t...

CAIRO - Egyptian election authorities started counting ballots after polls closed Wednesday in a lacklustre vote virtually guaranteed to hand President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi a second four-year term. P...

SEATTLE - A Seattle area man suspected of sending suspicious packages to multiple government agencies and military installations around the nation’s capital was charged Tuesday with shipping exp...

Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months. The changes won’t affect Facebook...

WASHINGTON - An enigmatic North Korean leader takes a secretive train trip to China to affirm fraternal ties and declare a commitment to denuclearization. It sounds like Kim Jong Un’s visit this...

LONDON - Harvey Weinstein’s former British assistant said Wednesday that a gag order she had to sign when she left his film company was “morally lacking in every way” and failed to s...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Shares fell in Europe and Asia on Wednesday as tech stocks extended losses following sell-offs of their U.S. peers overnight. Investors are selling technology-related share...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar’s parliament on Wednesday elected as the country’s new president a longtime loyalist of Aung San Suu Kyi who is expected to carry on his predecessor’s pr...

LAS VEGAS - Attorneys for Steve Wynn’s ex-wife played a deposition recording during a hearing in Las Vegas on Tuesday in which the embattled casino mogul discussed alleged illegal gambling activ...

HONOLULU - John Fitisemanu, who works for a lab company in Utah, has paid U.S. taxes and been subject to American laws his whole life. But the 53-year-old father and husband isn’t considered a U...