Category Archives: World

BANGKOK - They toil high on scaffolding, pouring concrete and twisting iron bars. At night, they squeeze into shipping containers with their husbands by the dozens to get some rest. They are female mi...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine defence chief on Tuesday rejected a demand by communist guerrillas for government troops to withdraw from rebel-influenced communities in the countryside for the i...

SYDNEY, Australia - A staff member at an Australian nursing home was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison for murdering two elderly residents and attempting to murder a third with insulin injection...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Firefighters have put out a fire that broke out on a high-rise in Dubai’s palm-shaped island, the latest in a string of blazes to race up multistory buildings in th...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A 47-year-old sultan, known as a devout Muslim who loves extreme sports and four-wheel drive vehicles, became Malaysia’s 15th king on Tuesday, one of the youngest consti...

ROME - A judge in Sicily on Tuesday convicted a ship captain and crew mate in the April 2015 sinking off Libya that left 700 people dead in the Mediterranean’s worst-known migrant disaster. The ...

NEW YORK - Madonna’s emotional speech in support of feminism at Billboard’s Women in Music awards has earned kudos from Lady Gaga. Madonna opened her remarks after accepting the Woman of t...

PARIS - The Eiffel Tower - normally open every day of every year - is closed because of a strike over salaries and working conditions. The company that manages the tower, SETE, apologized to visitors ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Christmas gifts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, courtesy of Japan. A Japanese cargo ship pulled up at the orbiting lab four days after launching. The caps...

BEIJING - Another supermoon has landed in the skies over China. The moon shone brightly Tuesday night in Beijing, as the smog that often blankets China’s capital and most of the industrial north...