Category Archives: World

DETROIT - A man who claims Detroit police framed him for a 1992 slaying walked out of prison for the first time in 25 years after new tests showed bullets taken from the victim’s body didn’...

WASHINGTON - U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods dropped in April for the first time in five months, and a key category that tracks business investment went nowhere for the second straight...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy began 2017 with a whimper - though not quite as weak a whimper as the government had first estimated. The gross domestic product - the broadest gauge of the economy - exp...

LONDON - Four days after a suicide bombing plunged Britain into mourning, political campaigning for a general election in two weeks resumed Friday with the main opposition leader linking acts of terro...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two brothers launching a new restaurant in North Carolina found themselves deluged by a $308,000 water bill. But now their water worries are over. The Charlotte Observer reported (ht...

TAORMINA, Italy - Forceful face-to-face talks this week with fellow world leaders left President Donald Trump “more knowledgeable” and with “evolving” views about the global cl...

BERLIN - Police in western Germany have arrested a suspected Islamic extremist who they believe may have been planning an attack. The 32-year-old man, a German who was believed to have converted to Is...

ATHENS, Greece - Greek former Prime Minister Lucas Papademos was recuperating well Friday from injuries suffered when a parcel bomb exploded inside his car in central Athens, health officials said. Tw...

BEIJING - Chinese officials have told the U.S. that they’ve tightened inspections and policing along the border with North Korea as part of U.N. sanctions aimed at halting Pyongyang’s nucl...

MOSUL, Iraq - Little has changed at the scene of the al-Jadida airstrike that killed more than 100 civilians more than two months ago and ratcheted up pressure on the U.S.-led coalition to address all...