Category Archives: World

BEIRUT - Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in a water-rich valley northwest of Damascus on Tuesday as 10 rebel groups announced they are suspending talks about planned peace negotiation...

WASHINGTON - The new GOP era in Washington got off to a messy start Tuesday as House Republicans, under pressure from President-elect Donald Trump, abruptly dropped plans to gut an independent congres...

DETROIT - In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to slap a tax on General Motors for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico. But GM imports ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The decorative clock bearing the name of America’s incoming 45th president has yet to start at the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, but the developers behind...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump criticized House Republicans Tuesday for making one of their first acts a vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, arguing that tax reform ...

BEIJING - China’s environmental ministry said Tuesday that an unspecified number of companies had violated measures meant to reduce smog during a period of particularly noxious pollution in the ...

BEIJING - In a story Jan. 3 about drills in the South China Sea involving China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier, The Associated Press reported erroneously that vessel was commissioned in 2013. It wa...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The captain of an Indonesian tourist ferry that caught fire on New Year’s Day was arrested Tuesday for alleged negligence in a disaster that left at least 23 people dead, po...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Park Geun-hye refused to testify Tuesday in the impeachment trial that will decide her future, prompting the prosecutors to question why she has publ...

ISTANBUL - An eerie video emerged Tuesday of a man believed to be the attacker who killed 39 people in a mass shooting at a nightclub, showing him taking a selfie as he silently toured Istanbul’...