Category Archives: World

BERLIN - German authorities on Tuesday arrested five men who allegedly aided the Islamic State group in Germany by recruiting members and providing financial and logistical help. The federal prosecuto...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean President Park Geun-hye has decided not to attend an Asia-Pacific leaders’ meeting in Peru next week, government officials said Tuesday, as she struggles...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The city of Orlando, Florida, has announced plans to purchase the Pulse nightclub and eventually convert the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history into a memorial....

Soon after Roy Brook voted Tuesday at a community centre in Bessemer, Alabama, he grabbed an American flag and set out to convince others to do the same. “I’m not telling anyone what to do...

WASHINGTON - Voters around the country faced long lines, occasional broken machines and some hot tempers Tuesday, but as the polls closed from one coast to the other, there were no signs of the large-...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ econ...

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines’ Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes’ cemetery, a decision that opponents said rolled back t...

BANGKOK - While tens of thousands of mourners have paid their respects to Thailand’s late king at Bangkok’s Grand Palace, where his body is being kept before cremation, a different kind of...

PARIS - A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded on Sunday. The model is different from the Galaxy Note 7 that has been recalled worldwide. Lamya Bouyirdan...

BEIJING - China’s exports fell again in October in a fresh sign that weak global demand is complicating efforts by Beijing leaders to shore up economic growth and reduce reliance on trade and in...