Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - Representatives of some Syrian rebel groups said Monday they will attend talks sponsored by Russia and Turkey scheduled later this month, despite mounting violations of a cease-fire across th...

DAVOS, Switzerland - The eight individuals who own as much as half of the rest of the planet are all men, and have largely made their fortunes in technology. Most are American, with one European and o...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - In a departure from the leniency typically given South Korean big businesses, prosecutors on Monday requested the arrest of the de facto head of Samsung Electronics, the co...

KAMPALA, Uganda - Tests have confirmed that avian flu is responsible for the mass deaths of wild birds on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, according to the government. The species so far hit by ...

NEW YORK - Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump attempted to navigate the fallout of his flap with a civil rights leader and colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also losin...

DES MOINES, Iowa - She may not be working in the White House, but that doesn’t mean Ivanka Trump is staying out of politics. Although she has said she will have no official role in her father...

CAIRO - An Egyptian court on Monday ruled against the government’s attempt to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, an embarrassment for President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that could deepen...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is about to become the first ever artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum. A Monday statement from Chinoy’s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman said Monday it accepted 10 detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facilit...

PASADENA, Calif. - PBS is waiting, but not quietly, to see what the Trump administration’s impact on public broadcasting and its federal funding may be, PBS chief executive Paula Kerger said. &#...