Category Archives: World

BOSTON - A man’s portrait has hung for years outside the chambers of the chief justice on Massachusetts’ highest court. The problem? No one knows who he is. It’s a mystery that has s...

NEW YORK - Twitter made money for the first time in its nearly 12-year history, a milestone that satisfied investors in the short term but might not resolve the company’s broader problems any ti...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s foreign ministry says Jordan’s King Abdullah II has arrived in the capital, Islamabad, to meet top government officials. Abdullah was received on his arrival at the ...

LONDON - With the global economy growing strongly, the Bank of England has turned more confident about Britain’s prospects and indicated it could raise interest rates in coming months - even in ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that she is opening preliminary probes into alleged crimes by police and security forces in the Philippin...

London’s newest museum attraction is greasy, smelly - and a glimpse at the hidden underside of urban life. The Museum of London on Thursday unveiled its latest display, a chunk of a 130-metric-t...

John Perry Barlow, an internet activist and former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, has died. The digital-rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a statement that Barlow died early Wednesda...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Former President George W. Bush said on Thursday that “there’s pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled” in the 2016 American presidential el...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister and other senior North Korean officials who are coming to the South on Frida...

DALLAS - One man has died after he and three others were stabbed during a church service at a private home in Texas, police said Thursday. As many as 20 people were in the home Wednesday night when an...