Category Archives: World

RIO DE JANEIRO - Police in Brazil have entered two prisons in the country’s northern state of Rio Grande do Norte where a riot left at least 10 inmates dead on Saturday, authorities said Sunday....

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Bob Dylan would surely still recognize the low-ceilinged room in Caffe Lena where he played a couple of gigs almost 60 years ago. But just about everything else about a venue ...

LONDON - Britain’s leaders on Sunday signalled their resolve to play hardball in talks with the European Union, suggesting they will look for partners elsewhere if the bloc restricts access to i...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahrain on Sunday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb atta...

WASHINGTON - As a candidate, Donald Trump said he wanted to make America’s infrastructure great again. As president, he’ll have plenty of ways to get started in his new hometown. The Arlin...

PHILADELPHIA - The American Friends Service Committee is celebrating 100 years of nonviolent activism with an exhibition, “Waging Peace,” that showcases the group’s accomplishments w...

BOGOR, Indonesia - Japan and Indonesia on Sunday affirmed a deepening of economic and political ties during a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is using a four-nation tour of Asia to un...

PARIS - Sending a forceful message to Israel’s prime minister and the incoming Trump administration, dozens of countries called Sunday on Israel and the Palestinians to revive work toward long-e...

BEIRUT - Syrian government forces shelled a village in a rebel-controlled area near Damascus on Sunday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring several others who were taking shelter in a banquet h...

PORTLAND, Maine - The eagle has landed - on chickens and rare birds, with talons at the ready. The resurgence of the bald eagle is one of America’s greatest conservation success stories. They ha...