BEIRUT (AP):The remains of eight Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the Islamic State (IS) group three years ago were located yesterday, a senior Lebanese official said, in a negotiated deal that followed a military offensive to drive the militants out...
KABUL (AP):A local official says 10 people both military and civilian have been killed after a suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army convoy in southern Helmand province.Atiqullah Khan, local director of...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP):Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced yesterday he is expelling the head of a UN anti-corruption commission that is investigating the president's campaign financing.A video posted on...
MILTON, Pennsylvania (AP):Investigators hope tests on a three-ton hunk of concrete will soon solve the 1989 disappearance of a young mother, by determining whether her remains were fed through wood...
BERLIN (AP):Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents on the weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps.The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died yesterday in...
COLUMBIA, Missouri (AP)The University of Missouri is warning students, staff and faculty that a white supremacist group appears to be recruiting on and near the Columbia campus.Chancellor Alexander...
HOUSTON, Texas (AP):Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground yesterday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help.A fleet of helicopters,...
WASHINGTON (AP):Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is suggesting that President Donald Trump's values should be considered separate from America's values when it comes to race.Speaking on '...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- A local leader and a minister in Sierra Leone say more than 1,000 people have died in the mudslide and flood that hit the country's capital nearly two weeks ago. The government earlier put the death toll for the...
HOUSTON (AP) -- Rising floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground Sunday in Houston, overwhelming rescuers who fielded countless desperate calls for help. A fleet of helicopters,...
Scores of persons yesterday paid tribute to Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa on the 107th anniversary of her birth.Born at Skopje, Macedonia, Slovenia, in 1910, Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who spent 45 years serving the poor, the sick,...
Washington (AP):President Donald Trump last Friday directed the Pentagon to extend indefinitely a ban on transgender individuals joining the military, but he appeared to leave open the possibility of allowing some already in uniform to remain.Trump...
LONDON (AP):A minibus crashed with two trucks on a British highway, killing eight people and injuring four others yesterday.Police say the drivers of the two trucks were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. One of the men is...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP):A street-wide white banner with black letters reading "No Tinc Por" --"I'm not afraid" in Catalan -- made its way down one of Barcelona's main street in a massive march against violence yesterday.Emergency workers, taxi drivers...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP)--- Hurricane Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast yesterday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Hurricane Harvey settled over the Texas Gulf Coast today, lashing the shore with damaging winds and dumping torrents of rain across hundreds of miles of coastline that braced for life-threatening storm surges - walls...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Harvey intensified Thursday into a hurricane that forecasters said would be the first major storm to hit Texas in 12 years. Sustained winds reached 80 mph (129 kph) more than a day before landfall...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP):The federal government is launching an investigation into the recent deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales.At least 13 of the whales have been found dead this...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP):Presidential adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders yesterday to try to jumpstart moribund peace talks, but after months without progress, the...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):They were a mix of breeds and sizes, ranging from puppies to seniors. All faced a grim future in Puerto Rico animal shelters, where chronic overcrowding results in...
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts (AP):A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward yesterday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in US history - a $758.7 million Powerball prize - after...
STARKE, Florida (AP):The United States Supreme Court yesterday refused to block the state's first execution in 18 months, one that also will mark the first use of the drug etomidate in a US lethal injection.The court denied without comment the final...
Hurricane Harvey likely first major Texas storm in 12 yearsSustained winds reached 80mph (129kph) more than a day before landfall was expected late today between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometre) stretch of coastline about 70...
CAIRO (AP):Egypt reacted angrily yesterday to the Trump administration's decision to cut or delay nearly $300 million in military and economic aid over human rights concerns, a surprise move given the increasingly close ties that have bound the two...
ST LOUIS (AP):Missouri Gov Eric Greitens yesterday halted the scheduled execution of condemned killer Marcellus Williams after DNA testing raised questions about whether he actually committed...
