Thursday, April 24 2014 10:15 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:15:03 GMT
Amid Ukraine's deepening crisis, the presidents of post-Soviet republics and EU member states are gathering in Prague to save a project to boost their ties.More >>
Amid Ukraine's deepening crisis, the presidents of post-Soviet republics and EU member states gathered Thursday in Prague to save a project to boost their ties.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 10:06 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:06:00 GMT
Opposition activists say Syrian government airstrikes on a vegetable market in a rebel-held town in the northern Aleppo province have killed at least 18 people and wounded scores.More >>
Syrian government airstrikes struck a vegetable market in a northern rebel-held town Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding scores of others, opposition activists said.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 10:05 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:05:53 GMT
Accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments, President Barack Obama warned Moscow on Thursday that the United States has another round of economic sanctions "teed up" - even as he acknowledged those...More >>
Accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments, President Barack Obama warned Moscow on Thursday that the United States has another round of economic sanctions "teed up" - even as he acknowledged those penalties...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 10:05 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:05:48 GMT
When the Israeli women's soccer team Hapoel Petah Tikva lost a number of its players to Israel's national team ahead of World Cup qualifiers, founder Rafi Subra made a decision that sets the team apart from...More >>
When the Israeli women's soccer team Hapoel Petah Tikva lost a number of its players to Israel's national team ahead of World Cup qualifiers, founder Rafi Subra made a decision that set the team apart from many of...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:55 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:55:39 GMT
Armenians are making their annual commemoration of the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, unsatisfied by an unprecedented conciliatory message by Turkey's premier.More >>
Armenians are making their annual commemoration of the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, unsatisfied by an unprecedented conciliatory message by Turkey's premier.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:46 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:46:44 GMT
President Barack Obama is rejecting suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger.More >>
As trade negotiators struggled to overcome their differences, President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger and urged the U.S. and Japan to take bold steps to complete...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:45:44 GMT
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says police have cleared the city hall in a southeastern city of pro-Russian protesters who had been occupying it for over a week.More >>
Russia's defense minister on Thursday announced new military exercises along the Ukrainian border just hours after Ukrainian troops killed at least two pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:45:16 GMT
The recovery in the Spanish economy appears to be gathering steam.More >>
Spain's economy expanded by 0.4 percent in the first quarter, the Bank of Spain estimated Thursday, the fastest growth in six years and further evidence the recovery is gathering steam.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:25 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:25:09 GMT
A South Sudan military spokesman says the president has replaced the military's chief of staff amid massive fighting across the country between the military and rebels.More >>
The removal of South Sudan's military chief of staff - who comes from the same ethnic group as rebels fighting the government - further freezes a powerful minority out of top government positions, an analyst said...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:14 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:14:51 GMT
Israel's foreign minister says a peace deal with the Palestinians is impossible after rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed to form a unity government.More >>
Israel's foreign minister said Thursday the new Palestinian reconciliation deal has made a peace agreement "impossible," as Israeli leaders fumed about the prospects of the Islamic militant group Hamas joining a...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:07 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:07:27 GMT
Top tourism officials in Nepal are on their way to Mount Everest's base camp to negotiate with Sherpas who want to abandon the climbing season after an avalanche killed 16 of the mountain guides.More >>
Nepal's attempts to salvage the Mount Everest climbing season fell flat Thursday as major expedition companies canceled their climbs and many Sherpas quit the mountain after an avalanche killed 16 of their fellow...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:07 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:07:16 GMT
Police in Afghanistan say a security guard has opened fire in a Kabul hospital, killing three foreigners and wounding one other person.More >>
An Afghan security guard opened fire on a group of foreign doctors at a Kabul hospital on Thursday morning, killing three American physicians and wounding a U.S. nurse, officials said.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 8:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 12:45:41 GMT
Students in the city hit hardest by the South Korean ferry disaster returned to classes Thursday, their school campus a tragic landscape of yellow ribbons, chrysanthemums and photos of classmates and teachers who...More >>
Angry relatives of some of the more than 130 people still missing from the sinking of the ferry Sewol surrounded the fisheries minister and the coast guard chief Thursday, preventing them from leaving the area where...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 8:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 12:45:36 GMT
Kate's dilemma: What to pack for a two-week trip, when your itinerary includes everything from state receptions and church services to toddler playdates and cricket games?More >>
Kate's dilemma: What to pack for a two-week trip, when your itinerary includes everything from state receptions and church services to toddler playdates and cricket games?More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 8:26 AM EDT2014-04-24 12:26:24 GMT
The Costa Rican government says it's still waiting for the Obama administration to explain why it launched the secret "Cuban Twitter" network from inside the Central American nation's borders despite...More >>
The Costa Rican government says it's still waiting for the Obama administration to explain why it launched the secret "Cuban Twitter" network from inside the Central American nation's borders despite warnings in...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 7:55 AM EDT2014-04-24 11:55:09 GMT
Shell Nigeria says its Forcados oil export terminal remains closed, seven weeks after it was shut down to repair a sabotaged undersea pipeline. Militants claimed responsibility.More >>
Shell Nigeria's Forcados oil export terminal remains closed seven weeks after it was shut down to repair a sabotaged undersea pipeline, a spokesman said Thursday, amid growing concerns about the industrial levels of...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 7:16 AM EDT2014-04-24 11:16:20 GMT
The civilian head of Congo's vanquished M23 rebel movement says hundreds of rebels are stuck in Uganda as they await confirmation of amnesty from Congo's government.More >>
The civilian head of Congo's vanquished M23 rebel movement says hundreds of rebels are stuck in Uganda as they await confirmation of amnesty from Congo's government.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 7:05 AM EDT2014-04-24 11:05:49 GMT
The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world's eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding that they meet their obligations toward...More >>
The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world's eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding that they meet their obligations toward...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 6:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 10:45:03 GMT
One year after the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in a pile of concrete slabs and twisted metal, Bangladeshi seamstress Shefali says she would rather starve to death than return to factory work.More >>
One year after the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in a pile of concrete slabs and twisted metal, Bangladeshi seamstress Shefali says she would rather starve to death than return to factory work.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 6:34 AM EDT2014-04-24 10:34:48 GMT
Inside a chapel on the edges of Rome, a nun uses a key to open a wooden wall panel, revealing a hidden niche. Behind glass and stitched loosely to supporting backing hangs a relic of holy suffering: the...More >>
Inside a chapel on the edge of Rome, a nun uses a key to open a wooden wall panel, revealing a hidden niche. Behind glass and stitched loosely to supporting backing hangs a relic of holy suffering: the bullet-pocked,...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 5:34 AM EDT2014-04-24 09:34:46 GMT
Iraqi officials say a suicide attack on a police checkpoint south of the capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 10 people and wounded 18.More >>
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint south of Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 11 people, officials said, the latest episode in an uptick in violence in the run-up to next...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 5:34 AM EDT2014-04-24 09:34:44 GMT
China commissioned 17 new warships last year, the most of any nation. In a little more than a decade, China is expected to have three aircraft carriers, giving it more clout than ever in a region of contested seas...More >>
China's navy commissioned 17 new warships last year, the most of any nation. In a little more than a decade, it's expected to have three aircraft carriers, giving it more clout than ever in a region of contested...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 5:15 AM EDT2014-04-24 09:15:02 GMT
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says two more patients who became infected with a Middle East virus related to SARS have died, and that 13 others have contracted the virus.More >>
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says two more patients who became infected with a Middle East virus related to SARS have died, and that 13 others have contracted the virus.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 5:04 AM EDT2014-04-24 09:04:35 GMT
Wars have been fought to obtain them. Medieval monks and modern-day bandits have pilfered them. Two millennia after the first Christian martyrs' blood stained Rome, the temptation of, and fascination with,...More >>
Wars have been fought to obtain them. Medieval monks and modern-day bandits have pilfered them. Two millennia after the first Christian martyrs' blood stained Rome, the temptation of, and fascination with, religious...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 4:24 AM EDT2014-04-24 08:24:44 GMT
A Pakistani official says a bombing in the country's south targeted a police officer known for his anti-militant campaigns, killing him and his two friends.More >>
A bombing in southern Pakistan killed a police officer known for his anti-militant campaigns and three other people on Thursday while army officials said the Pakistani air force carried out airstrikes against insurgents in...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 2:04 AM EDT2014-04-24 06:04:57 GMT
President Barack Obama is opening a four-country visit to the Asia-Pacific region in Japan, but the West's dispute with Russia over Ukraine is looming.More >>
Showing solidarity with Japan, President Barack Obama affirmed Thursday that the U.S. would be obligated to defend Tokyo in a confrontation with Beijing over a set of disputed islands, but urged all sides to resolve the...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 1:55 AM EDT2014-04-24 05:55:35 GMT
Warning Russia that new economic sanctions are "teed up," President Barack Obama accused Moscow of failing to live up to an agreement last week to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine.More >>
Warning Russia that new economic sanctions are "teed up," President Barack Obama accused Moscow of failing to live up to an agreement last week to ease tensions in eastern Ukraine.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 11:04 PM EDT2014-04-24 03:04:30 GMT
The U.N. mission in South Sudan says the government is providing "erroneous" information relating to a recent massacre.More >>
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday viewed "horrific pictures of corpses" from the scene of last week's massacre in South Sudan and discussed taking actions that could include sanctions, diplomats said.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 9:44 PM EDT2014-04-24 01:44:38 GMT
The grim work of recovering bodies from the submerged South Korea ferry proceeded rapidly Wednesday, with the official death toll reaching 150, though a government official said divers must now rip through cabin...More >>
Divers made their way deeper Thursday into the submerged wreck of a ferry that sank more than a week ago as the death toll neared 160 and relatives of the more than 140 still missing pressed the government to finish the...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 8:34 PM EDT2014-04-24 00:34:24 GMT
Australia's prime minister said Wednesday that failure to find any clue in the most likely crash site of the lost Malaysia Airlines jet would not spell the end of the search, as officials planned soon to bring...More >>
Australian officials said Thursday that after examining detailed photographs of unidentified material that washed ashore in the southwestern part of the country they are satisfied it is not a clue in the search for the...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 6:26 PM EDT2014-04-23 22:26:23 GMT
Pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine say they are holding an American journalist captive.More >>
Russia's foreign minister warned Wednesday that attacks on Russian citizens or interests in Ukraine would bring a firm response and drew a comparison to the circumstances that opened the war with Georgia in 2008.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 6:14 PM EDT2014-04-23 22:14:33 GMT
An opposition party official says Senegalese authorities are refusing landing rights in Dakar to a plane carrying the former president in what was supposed to be his triumphant homecoming after two years abroad.More >>
A Senegalese party official says the former president plans to return home on Thursday after finally receiving permission for his plane to land for what was supposed to be his triumphant homecoming after two years abroad.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 4:54 PM EDT2014-04-23 20:54:23 GMT
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is trying to show that he has alternatives if U.S.-mediated talks with Israel break off Tuesday, the deadline for agreeing on a possible extension.More >>
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is trying to show that he has alternatives if U.S.-mediated talks with Israel break off Tuesday, the deadline for agreeing on a possible extension.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 4:45 PM EDT2014-04-23 20:45:18 GMT
Syrian opposition activists and other witnesses tell The Associated Press that Syrian government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with poisonous chlorine gas in recent months.More >>
Syrian government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with poisonous chlorine gas in recent weeks and months, leaving men, women and children coughing, choking and gasping for breath, according to Associated Press...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 4:25 PM EDT2014-04-23 20:25:35 GMT
The U.N. Security Council says it is gravely concerned at reports of alleged chlorine gas use in some Syrian towns, which caused deaths and injuries, and is calling for an investigation.More >>
The U.N. Security Council called for an investigation Wednesday into reports of alleged chlorine gas use in some Syrian towns, causing deaths and injuries.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 4:14 PM EDT2014-04-23 20:14:38 GMT
Egyptian security officials say a senior police officer has died after an explosive device placed under his car went off in a western Cairo suburb.More >>
A senior Egyptian police officer was killed by a bomb placed under his car in a western Cairo suburb Wednesday, the latest in a series of targeted attacks on police and the military as Islamic militant groups keep up a...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:54 PM EDT2014-04-23 19:54:43 GMT
Syria's parliament speaker says a lawmaker has announced his candidacy for the June 3 presidential election - the first to field his bid for the top post in a vote called despite the country's relentless...More >>
A Syrian lawmaker registered as a candidate Wednesday for the country's June 3 presidential election, becoming the first official contender in a vote that will take place during the country's civil war and one that...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:54 PM EDT2014-04-23 19:54:39 GMT
Palestinian officials say Hamas and the Fatah party of President Mahmoud Abbas are making a new attempt to overcome the Palestinians' political split by holding general elections in seven months.More >>
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed Wednesday to form a unity government and hold new elections - a potentially historic step toward mending the rift that has split their people between two sets of rulers for...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 19:44:36 GMT
A Pakistani official says the army has sought to shut down the country's leading Geo News TV channel.More >>
Pakistan's powerful army has asked a government regulator to shut down a leading private news channel over what the military calls "false" reports that the country's intelligence service shot one of its top anchors.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 19:44:33 GMT
Nigeria's military says it has detained extremist suspects in the central-east state of Taraba, strengthening fears that the country's Islamic uprising is spreading.More >>
A "group of terrorists" masquerading as herders have been arrested in Nigeria's central-east Taraba state, the military said Wednesday amid indications that the country's Islamic uprising is spreading.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:14 PM EDT2014-04-23 19:14:55 GMT
Tunisian lawmakers say they plan to question the country's tourism chief over his decision to permit Jewish religious pilgrims to visit the country using Israeli passports.More >>
Tunisia's elected assembly accepted a petition Wednesday to question the tourism minister over a decision allowing Israelis to use their passports to enter the country for an annual religious pilgrimage.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 2:34 PM EDT2014-04-23 18:34:17 GMT
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a conciliatory message to Armenians on the eve of the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians almost a century ago, calling the events of World War I "our...More >>
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday offered an unprecedented, conciliatory message to Armenians on the eve of the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians almost a century ago.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 2:05 PM EDT2014-04-23 18:05:09 GMT
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says that from next week he will start carrying out a court order to help the elderly four hours per week as part of his punishment for a tax fraud conviction.More >>
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says that from next week he will start carrying out a court order to help the elderly four hours per week as part of his punishment for a tax fraud conviction.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 1:54 PM EDT2014-04-23 17:54:36 GMT
French authorities are taking steps to crack down on the flow of young would-be jihadis embarking to fight in Syria's civil war.More >>
France wants to deter youths from joining the ranks of Islamist militants in Syria's civil war, and is planning a series of tough-love measures that answer the pleas of parents and seek to protect the nation from...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 1:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 17:44:40 GMT
The Dutch defense department says several NATO member countries scrambled jets Wednesday afternoon after a pair of Russian bomber planes approached their airspace over the North Sea.More >>
Dutch, British and Danish jets scrambled Wednesday afternoon after a pair of Russian bombers approached their airspace over the North Sea.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 1:34 PM EDT2014-04-23 17:34:33 GMT
Amsterdam has won court permission to ban marijuana cafes in its famous Red Light district, stepping up a crackdown on the city's freewheeling lifestyle.More >>
Amsterdam has won court permission to ban marijuana cafes in its famous Red Light district, stepping up a crackdown on the city's freewheeling lifestyle.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 1:26 PM EDT2014-04-23 17:26:16 GMT
Poland's security services have begun their first major security exercise in decades, evacuating the Interior Ministry in Warsaw and rescuing three foreigners allegedly injured in a helicopter crash.More >>
In imaginary emergency drills, Polish security forces evacuated the Interior Ministry and rescued foreigners supposedly injured in a cross-border helicopter crash as part of Poland's first nationwide security exercises...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 12:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 16:44:53 GMT
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been installed as the official representative of students at the University of Glasgow.More >>
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been installed as the official representative of students at the University of Glasgow.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 12:44 PM EDT2014-04-23 16:44:51 GMT
Official figures show that governments across the 28-country European Union recorded lower budget deficits in 2013 amid lower spending and an economic recovery that shored up revenues.More >>
Europe's debt crisis is receding farther behind in the rear view mirror.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 12:24 PM EDT2014-04-23 16:24:44 GMT
Yemen's president on Wednesday said that the death toll of this week's military campaign against al-Qaida has reached over 60 suspected militants, including several of the group's leaders.More >>
Yemen's president on Wednesday said that the death toll of this week's military campaign against al-Qaida has reached over 60 suspected militants, including several of the group's leaders.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 11:35 AM EDT2014-04-23 15:35:11 GMT
Officials say a United Nations vehicle securing an airstrip in northern Mali drove over a mine and a Chadian soldier with the U.N. force has been seriously wounded.More >>
A United Nations vehicle securing an airstrip in northern Mali drove over a mine and a soldier with the U.N. force was seriously wounded, said a U.N. official.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 9:44 AM EDT2014-04-23 13:44:26 GMT
Business activity in Europe has risen to its highest level in three years as a once-shaky economic recovery gains speed.More >>
A closely watched survey has found business activity across the 18-country eurozone running at a three-year high, in perhaps the clearest sign yet that the economic recovery is gaining momentum.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 9:06 AM EDT2014-04-23 13:06:25 GMT
Sherpa guides packed up their tents and left Mount Everest's base camp Wednesday in an unprecedented walkout to honor 16 of their colleagues who were killed last week in the deadliest avalanche ever recorded on...More >>
Dozens of Sherpa guides packed up their tents and left Mount Everest's base camp Wednesday, after the deaths of 16 of their colleagues in an avalanche exposed an undercurrent of resentment by Sherpas over their pay,...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 8:24 AM EDT2014-04-23 12:24:30 GMT
The altar of the memorial is a wall of white and yellow flowers and greens, surrounding photos of 47 students and teachers whose bodies have been identified after being recovered from the ferry Sewol. There is room...More >>
The altar of the memorial is a wall of white and yellow flowers and greens, surrounding photos of 47 students and teachers whose bodies have been identified after being recovered from the ferry Sewol. There is room for...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 8:14 AM EDT2014-04-23 12:14:50 GMT
Portugal's chances of ending its three-year bailout program without requiring more help have increased after interest rates fell steeply in a 10-year bond auction.More >>
Portugal's chances of ending its three-year bailout program without requiring more help have increased after interest rates fell steeply in a 10-year bond auction Wednesday.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 7:14 AM EDT2014-04-23 11:14:29 GMT
A study by the U.N. education agency says cellphones are getting more and more people to read in countries where books are rare and illiteracy is high.More >>
A study by the U.N. education agency says cellphones are getting more and more people to read in countries where books are rare and illiteracy is high.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 7:14 AM EDT2014-04-23 11:14:23 GMT
Researchers from Uppsala University have opened a small gilded box containing the skull and bones of Swedish King Erik IX, who became a national saint after he was murdered in 1160.More >>
Researchers from Uppsala University on Wednesday opened a small gilded box containing the skull and bones of Swedish King Erik IX, who became a national saint after he was murdered in 1160.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 7:14 AM EDT2014-04-23 11:14:21 GMT
Afghanistan's election commission has delayed a planned release of full results from the April 5 presidential election to allow for recounts and audits.More >>
Afghanistan's election commission delayed a planned release of full results from the April 5 presidential election to allow for recounts and audits, officials said Wednesday, a development that adds to the confusion...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 6:44 AM EDT2014-04-23 10:44:42 GMT
Lebanon's Parliament has held a round of voting but failed to elect a new head of state in its first try before President Michel Suleiman's six-year term expires on May 25.More >>
Lebanon's Parliament has held a round of voting but failed to elect a new head of state in its first try before President Michel Suleiman's six-year term expires on May 25.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 6:04 AM EDT2014-04-23 10:04:35 GMT
Twenty-one European cities from Cardiff, Wales, to Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, are finalists in a lucrative innovation contest devised by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.More >>
Amsterdam wants to create an online game to get unemployed young people engaged in finding jobs across Europe. Schaerbeek, Belgium, envisions using geothermal mapping to give households personalized rundowns of steps to...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 5:34 AM EDT2014-04-23 09:34:13 GMT
Former British leader Tony Blair says the West should set aside its differences with Russia and China to focus on the growing threat from radical Islam.More >>
The West should set aside its differences with Russia and China to focus on the growing threat from radical Islam, Tony Blair said Wednesday, in a speech that included a call to support Egypt's military government...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 5:24 AM EDT2014-04-23 09:24:21 GMT
A colleague calls Capt. Lee Joon-seok the nicest person on the ship. Yet there he was, captured in video on the day his ferry sank with hundreds trapped inside, being treated onshore after allegedly landing on one...More >>
A colleague calls Capt. Lee Joon-seok the nicest person on the ship. With more than 40 years' experience at sea, Lee could speak with eloquence about the romance and danger of a life spent on ships.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 5:04 AM EDT2014-04-23 09:04:40 GMT
The directors of five United Nations agencies that provide humanitarian aid to Syria say their appeal for $6.5 billion in emergency funding for 2014 has been mostly ignored.More >>
The directors of five United Nations agencies that provide humanitarian aid to Syria say their appeal for $6.5 billion in emergency funding for 2014 has been mostly ignored.More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 3:44 AM EDT2014-04-23 07:44:42 GMT
As the late-day sun slipped behind the mountains in front of them, a ragtag group of around a dozen Syrians desperate to flee their country's bloody civil war set off on their treacherous nighttime trek across...More >>
As the late-day sun slipped behind the mountains in front of them, a ragtag group of around a dozen Syrians desperate to flee their country's bloody civil war set off on their treacherous nighttime trek across the...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 2:44 AM EDT2014-04-23 06:44:22 GMT
On the night of Oct. 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII did something so natural that it's astonishing it was so revolutionary at the time. He came to the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace and spoke to...More >>
On the night of Oct. 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII did something so natural that it's astonishing it was so revolutionary at the time. He came to the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace and spoke to thousands of...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 2:04 AM EDT2014-04-23 06:04:47 GMT
An international human rights group has slammed Qatar for failing to protect foreign maids and other domestic workers from exploitation, adding pressure on the Gulf state over its labor practices as it gears up to...More >>
An international human rights group has slammed Qatar for failing to protect foreign maids and other domestic workers from exploitation, adding pressure on the Gulf state over its labor practices as it gears up to host the...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 12:25 AM EDT2014-04-23 04:25:00 GMT
Nepalese authorities were meeting with Sherpa mountain guides Tuesday in an attempt to avert a climbing strike after the deadliest avalanche ever recorded on Mount Everest killed at least 13 of the guides.More >>
Sherpa guides were leaving Mount Everest's base camp on Wednesday as part of a walkout following the mountain's deadliest disaster, as some expedition companies announced that they were canceling their climbs this...More >>
Wednesday, April 23 2014 12:04 AM EDT2014-04-23 04:04:48 GMT
President Barack Obama's travels through Asia in coming days aim to reassure partners about the renewed U.S. commitment to the region, with an eye both to China's rising assertiveness and the fast-growing...More >>
President Barack Obama's travels through Asia aim to reassure partners about the renewed U.S. commitment to the region, with an eye both to China's rising assertiveness and the fast-growing markets that are the...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:24 PM EDT2014-04-23 03:24:42 GMT
The U.N.'s top humanitarian official in South Sudan says he saw "piles and piles" of bodies after rebels belonging to one ethnic group slaughtered members of other groups in a remote town.More >>
The townsfolk believed the mosque was safe. They crammed inside as rebel forces in South Sudan took control of the town from government troops. But it wasn't safe. Robbers grabbed their cash and mobile phones. Then...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 7:44 PM EDT2014-04-22 23:44:32 GMT
Vice President Joe Biden is paying a visit to Ukraine's acting president in a high-level show of U.S. support for the embattled government.More >>
Ukraine's acting president ordered security forces to resume operations in the country's east on Tuesday after the bodies of two people allegedly abducted by pro-Russia insurgents were found and a military aircraft...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 7:34 PM EDT2014-04-22 23:34:02 GMT
A military judge is ordering prosecutors to turn over never-revealed details about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons after being captured in connection with the 2000 attack on the USS...More >>
Prosecutors must turn over never-revealed details about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons after his arrest in connection with the deadly attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a military...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 6:45 PM EDT2014-04-22 22:45:56 GMT
Since he took over Crimea, President Vladimir Putin has seen his popularity soar and his opposition fall silent. So when the U.S. vice president told Russia to defuse tensions in Ukraine, Putin had few reasons to...More >>
Since he took over Crimea, President Vladimir Putin has seen his popularity soar and his opposition fall silent. So when the U.S. vice president told Russia to defuse tensions in Ukraine, Putin had few reasons to listen.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 4:55 PM EDT2014-04-22 20:55:29 GMT
A U.S. research institute says commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea's nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent.More >>
Commercial satellite imagery shows increased activity at North Korea's nuclear test site but not enough to indicate an underground atomic explosion is imminent, a U.S. research institute said Tuesday.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 4:04 PM EDT2014-04-22 20:04:05 GMT
A mining company in Ghana says it has been using the plane registered to a U.S. bank that became the subject of international intrigue after it was spotted in Iran.More >>
A Utah bank confirmed Tuesday that an airplane registered to the bank was used by a Ghana mining company to take Ghanaian businessmen to Iran last week.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 3:23 PM EDT2014-04-22 19:23:58 GMT
The Palestinian president is warning that if peace talks with Israel fail he may dismantle the Palestinian Authority and hand over responsibility for 2.5 million of his people to Israel.More >>
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Tuesday that if peace talks with Israel fail he may dismantle the Palestinian Authority and hand over responsibility for 2.5 million of his people to Israel.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 2:26 PM EDT2014-04-22 18:26:30 GMT
Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny has been found guilty in a libel case and fined $8,400 in a court ruling that left the door open for his subsequent jailing.More >>
A Moscow judge on Tuesday left open the possibility of jailing President Vladimir Putin's main critic for years, a sign of Putin's increasingly hard-line rule against opponents.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:53 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:53:51 GMT
South African officials say thieves have stolen a stockpile of rhino horns from the offices of a provincial parks agency, dealing a setback to efforts to curb an escalation of rhino poaching in recent years.More >>
In a nighttime theft, robbers broke into a South African provincial parks office with a 24-hour security service and used a machine tool called a grinder to break into a safe holding a stockpile of rhino horn worth a...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:34 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:34:49 GMT
A senior Iraqi police officer says militants attacked a balloting center in a remote area in the country's north and killed 10 guards.More >>
Militants wearing military uniforms carried out an overnight attack against a balloting center in a remote area of the country's north and killed 10 guards, a senior police official said on Tuesday.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:24 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:24:27 GMT
Ukraine's acting president is ordering security forces to resume operations in the country's east, and the Defense Ministry says a military aircraft was struck by gunfire over one of the tensest cities in...More >>
Ukraine's acting president is ordering security forces to resume operations in the country's east, and the Defense Ministry says a military aircraft was struck by gunfire over one of the tensest cities in the region.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:24 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:24:24 GMT
When armed men seized the police station in this eastern Ukrainian city, mayor Nelya Shtepa declared she was on their side. She changed her story a few days later. Then she disappeared - the victim of an apparent...More >>
When armed men seized the police station in this eastern Ukrainian city, mayor Nelya Shtepa declared she was on their side. She changed her story a few days later. Then she disappeared - the victim of an apparent abduction...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:14 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:14:17 GMT
A U.S. official says the White House is reviewing a new series of options that would leave fewer than 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan next year.More >>
The White House is reviewing a new series of options that would leave fewer than 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan next year, a U.S. official said Tuesday.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 1:14 PM EDT2014-04-22 17:14:02 GMT
Syria's government has disposed of more than 86 percent of its total chemical weapons stockpile, according to the watchdog agency charged with overseeing its removal.More >>
Syria's government has disposed of more than 86 percent of its total chemical weapons stockpile, according to the watchdog agency charged with overseeing its removal.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 12:04 PM EDT2014-04-22 16:04:08 GMT
Drug maker Novartis says it has signed several multibillion-dollar deals with GlaxoSmithKline and Lilly that will affect some 15,000 of its employees.More >>
Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis AG launched a major overhaul of its business Tuesday, unveiling a series of multibillion-dollar deals with Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC and the U.S.'s Eli Lilly & Co. that...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:44 AM EDT2014-04-22 15:44:23 GMT
On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Khumbu Icefall in 1921, insisting it...More >>
On Everest, everybody knows that the Khumbu Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Icefall in 1921, insisting it was...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:34 AM EDT2014-04-22 15:34:47 GMT
Iran's official news agency says seven lawmakers have demanded a probe into alleged beatings of several political prisoners held at Tehran's Evin prison.More >>
Several Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded a probe into alleged beatings of political prisoners held at Tehran's Evin prison, the official IRNA news agency reported.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 11:04 AM EDT2014-04-22 15:04:33 GMT
Britain's U.K. Independence Party has launched its European election campaign with a series of billboards carrying a stark message: They are coming to take your job.More >>
Britain's U.K. Independence Party launched its European election campaign Tuesday with a series of billboards carrying a stark message: They are coming to take your job.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 10:24 AM EDT2014-04-22 14:24:18 GMT
Royal Philips NV says its first-quarter profits declined as growth slowed in several divisions and consumers spent less on light bulbs.More >>
Shares in Royal Philips, the world's leading light maker, slumped Tuesday after the Dutch company reported a drop in first-quarter profits blamed partly on sluggish sales of its health care products and consumer lights.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 9:58 AM EDT2014-04-22 13:58:48 GMT
Nigerian parents say more than 200 girls and young women abducted from a school by Islamic militants remain missing one week later, despite a "hot pursuit" by security forces and an independent search by desperate...More >>
A week after Islamic extremists stormed a remote boarding school in northeast Nigeria, more than 200 girls and young women remain missing despite a "hot pursuit" by security forces and an independent search by desperate...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 9:54 AM EDT2014-04-22 13:54:51 GMT
The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios, whose second name means "Kill Jews," will hold a referendum next month to decide if it should change the name that offends outsiders and embarrasses some residents.More >>
The tiny Spanish village of Castrillo Matajudios, whose second name means "Kill Jews," will hold a referendum next month to decide if it should change the name that offends outsiders and embarrasses some residents, its...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 9:43 AM EDT2014-04-22 13:43:56 GMT
A police official says a Somali legislator has been shot and killed by gunmen in the capital, the second attack targeting a lawmaker this week.More >>
Two gunmen belonging to an Islamic extremist group shot and killed a Somali legislator on Tuesday as he stepped out of his home in the capital, the second fatal attack on a member of parliament in as many days, police said.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 9:03 AM EDT2014-04-22 13:03:35 GMT
A bicycle, never ridden. A lipstick prank pulled off by old friends. Mother-daughter conversations that now burn in the memory, laden with regret.More >>
A bicycle, never ridden. A lipstick prank pulled off by old friends. Mother-daughter conversations that now burn in the memory, laden with regret.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 8:33 AM EDT2014-04-22 12:33:28 GMT
Uganda's military says it has captured a junior commander with the Lord's Resistance Army and rescued 10 people abducted by the fugitive leaders of the rebel group notorious for abducting children.More >>
African troops captured a junior commander with the Lord's Resistance Army and rescued 10 people, mostly children, abducted by the rebels, Uganda's military said Tuesday, the latest blow against the rebel group in...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 4:43 AM EDT2014-04-22 08:43:15 GMT
An Afghan official says a prominent campaign worker in the country's presidential election has been shot dead outside his home in eastern Afghanistan. The Taliban deny they were involved in the killing.More >>
A prominent campaign worker in Afghanistan's presidential election was shot dead outside his home in the country's east, officials said Tuesday. The Taliban denied they were involved in the killing.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 4:13 AM EDT2014-04-22 08:13:39 GMT
His death triggered a massive outpouring of grief in Poland. His beatification, an explosion of pride and jubilation. But days before John Paul II is to be declared a saint, many of his countrymen are greeting the...More >>
His death triggered a massive outpouring of grief in Poland. His beatification, an explosion of pride and jubilation. But days before John Paul II is to be declared a saint, many of his countrymen are greeting the landmark...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 2:53 AM EDT2014-04-22 06:53:12 GMT
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says two more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died as the kingdom detected 17 new cases of the disease.More >>
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says two more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died as the kingdom detected 17 new cases of the disease.More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 2:34 AM EDT2014-04-22 06:34:41 GMT
Weakened Syrian rebels are making their last desperate stand in Homs, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launch their harshest assault yet to expel them from the central city, once known as the capital of...More >>
Weakened Syrian rebels are making their last desperate stand in Homs, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launch their harshest assault yet to expel them from the central city, once known as the capital of the...More >>
Tuesday, April 22 2014 12:03 AM EDT2014-04-22 04:03:40 GMT
Long into the night, the line of mourners stretched for nearly a mile, waiting their turn to file into Mexico City's majestic Palace of Fine Arts and bid farewell to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel...More >>
Long into the night, the line of mourners stretched for nearly a mile, waiting their turn to file into Mexico City's majestic Palace of Fine Arts and bid farewell to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel laureate...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:13 PM EDT2014-04-22 02:13:07 GMT
The ashes of Gabriel Garcia Marquez arrived Monday at Mexico City's majestic Palace of Fine Arts to several minutes of thunderous applause from admirers paying tribute to the Colombian Nobel laureate,...More >>
With two heads of state and thousands of tearful admirers, Mexico bid farewell on Monday to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel laureate considered one of the greatest Spanish-language authors of all time.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 6:13 PM EDT2014-04-21 22:13:31 GMT
Russia has "days, not weeks" to abide by an international accord aimed at stemming the crisis in Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat in Kiev warned Monday as Vice President Joe Biden launched a high-profile show of...More >>
Russia has "days, not weeks" to abide by an international accord aimed at stemming the crisis in Ukraine, the top U.S. diplomat in Kiev warned Monday as Vice President Joe Biden launched a high-profile show of support for...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 5:33 PM EDT2014-04-21 21:33:57 GMT
The State Department has released images of soldiers in eastern Ukraine that it says are Russian forces, showing militants wearing similar uniforms and brandishing Russian weapons.More >>
The State Department has released images of soldiers in eastern Ukraine that it says are Russian forces, showing militants wearing similar uniforms and brandishing Russian weapons.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 5:03 PM EDT2014-04-21 21:03:23 GMT
Yemeni security officials and tribal chiefs say that a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed several al-Qaida militants in the country's south, including a local militant commander.More >>
Yemeni forces, reportedly backed by U.S. drone strikes, hit al-Qaida militants for a second straight day Monday in what Yemen officials said was an assault on a major base of the terror group hidden in the remote southern...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 4:02 PM EDT2014-04-21 20:02:50 GMT
The Associated Press has learned that Homeland Security Secretary Jeh (Jay) Johnson is considering limiting deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally but without serious criminal records. On President...More >>
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is weighing limiting deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who don't have serious criminal records, according to two people with knowledge of his deliberations.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:53 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:53:23 GMT
The U.S. is looking into whether a toxic chemical was deployed on areas of Syria that are controlled by rebel forces seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.More >>
The U.S. is looking into whether a toxic chemical was deployed in areas of Syria that are controlled by rebel forces seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd).More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:25 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:25:14 GMT
Vice President Joe Biden is heading to Ukraine to meet with leaders of the turbulent country.More >>
Vice President Joe Biden on Monday launched a high-profile visit to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and push for urgent implementation of an international agreement aimed at de-escalating tensions even as...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 3:25 PM EDT2014-04-21 19:25:02 GMT
Iraqi officials say a suicide attack targeting a police checkpoint outside the capital, Baghdad, has killed at least nine people.More >>
Suicide bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 33 people and wounded nearly 80 more on Monday, officials said, the latest in an uptick in violence as the country counts down to crucial parliament elections...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 2:33 PM EDT2014-04-21 18:33:54 GMT
Syria's state-run media say a pair of mortar shells hit near the parliament building in central Damascus, killing five people.More >>
Syria called a presidential election for June 3, aiming to give President Bashar Assad a veneer of electoral legitimacy in the midst of a civil war that has killed more than 150,000 people and driven a third of the...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 2:23 PM EDT2014-04-21 18:23:51 GMT
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is condemning what it calls "the targeted killings of civilians based on their ethnic origins and nationality" in a contested town.More >>
U.N. human rights investigators have confirmed that hundreds of civilians were killed because of their ethnicity after rebel forces seized a disputed town in South Sudan last week, the United Nations said Monday.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:54 PM EDT2014-04-21 17:54:44 GMT
Finnish authorities say the investigation into the plane crash that killed eight sky divers could take weeks or longer to complete.More >>
An investigation into a small plane crash that killed eight skydivers in Finland could take weeks or longer to complete because the charred remains of the aircraft are scattered over a large area of forest, authorities...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:35 PM EDT2014-04-21 17:35:19 GMT
Saudi Arabia's health ministry says three more patients who contracted a potentially fatal Middle East virus related to SARS have died amid a recent increase in infections.More >>
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah sacked the country's health minister on Monday amid a spike in deaths and infections from the virus known as the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:35 PM EDT2014-04-21 17:35:12 GMT
A witness says fighting between a Christian militia and French soldiers in Central African Republic has left several people dead, including some who appeared unarmed.More >>
Fighting between a Christian militia and French soldiers in Central African Republic has left several people dead, including some who appeared unarmed, according to a witness.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:24 PM EDT2014-04-21 17:24:31 GMT
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in Argentina's decade-long battle with holders of its defaulted bonds.More >>
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to be searching for a middle ground Monday in the decade-long battle between Argentina and holders of its defaulted bonds.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:14 PM EDT2014-04-21 17:14:32 GMT
A prominent Rwandan singer accused of working with groups opposed to President Paul Kagame's government has pleaded guilty to the charges, including terrorism.More >>
A prominent Rwandan singer accused of working with groups opposed to President Paul Kagame's government has pleaded guilty to the charges, including terrorism.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 12:54 PM EDT2014-04-21 16:54:38 GMT
Win Tin, a prominent journalist who became Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner after challenging military rule by co-founding the National League for Democracy, died Monday, He was 85.More >>
Win Tin, a prominent journalist who became Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner after challenging military rule by co-founding the National League for Democracy, died Monday, He was 85.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 11:44 AM EDT2014-04-21 15:44:50 GMT
An official with Uganda's athletics body says a coach who faces charges of sexual harassment has been suspended and is under investigation by Ugandan police.More >>
Uganda's athletics body suspended a coach who is accused of sexually harassing female runners, an official said on Monday, after Ugandan police started investigating the man whose alleged misconduct has sparked calls...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 11:31 AM EDT2014-04-21 15:31:38 GMT
Parents say 234 girls are missing from the northeast Nigerian school attacked last week by Islamic extremists, up significantly from the 85 reported by education officials.More >>
Some 234 girls are missing from the northeast Nigerian school attacked last week by Islamic extremists, significantly more than the 85 reported by education officials, parents told the state governor Monday.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 11:14 AM EDT2014-04-21 15:14:11 GMT
Pope John Paul II is rightly credited with having helped bring down communism, of inspiring a new generation of Catholics with a globe-trotting papacy and of explaining church teaching on a range of hot-button...More >>
Pope John Paul II is rightly credited with having helped bring down communism, of inspiring a new generation of Catholics with a globe-trotting papacy and of explaining church teaching on a range of hot-button issues as...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:45 AM EDT2014-04-21 14:45:07 GMT
The Supreme Court says it will hear for the second time a passport dispute fraught with Middle Eastern politics. The question is whether Americans born in Jerusalem may list their place of birth as Israel.More >>
Confronting an issue fraught with Middle East politics, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear for the second time a passport dispute centering on whether Americans born in Jerusalem may list their place of birth as Israel.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:35 AM EDT2014-04-21 14:35:39 GMT
Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to hit Mount Everest, a disaster that has prompted calls for a climbing boycott by Nepal's ethnic Sherpa community.More >>
Buddhist monks cremated the remains of Sherpa guides who were buried in the deadliest avalanche to hit Mount Everest, a disaster that has prompted calls for a climbing boycott by Nepal's ethnic Sherpa community.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 10:35 AM EDT2014-04-21 14:35:12 GMT
From the disappearances of aviator Amelia Earhart to labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, there's just something about a good mystery that Americans find too tantalizing to resist. Perhaps that's why the saga of...More >>
From the disappearances of aviator Amelia Earhart to labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa, there's just something about a good mystery that Americans find too tantalizing to resist. Perhaps that's why the saga of missing...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 8:43 AM EDT2014-04-21 12:43:17 GMT
Israel's military says Gaza militants have fired a missile at troops patrolling the border as well as several rockets into the south of the country.More >>
Militants from the Gaza Strip fired a missile at Israeli troops patrolling the border and several rockets into the country's south on Monday, the last day of the Passover holiday, the military said. No injuries were...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 7:23 AM EDT2014-04-21 11:23:39 GMT
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a religious offering Monday to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including executed war criminals - long a source of tension with Japan's neighbors China and South Korea.More >>
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a religious offering Monday to a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead, including executed war criminals - long a source of tension with Japan's neighbors China and South Korea.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 7:23 AM EDT2014-04-21 11:23:33 GMT
A senior Hamas leader based in Egypt is in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah.More >>
A senior Hamas leader based in Egypt is in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 5:43 AM EDT2014-04-21 09:43:47 GMT
Strolling through China's sprawling memorial to a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops, a 64-year-old retired teacher said the incident remains an open wound.More >>
Strolling through China's sprawling memorial to a 1937 massacre by Japanese troops, a 64-year-old retired teacher said the incident remains an open wound.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 2:03 AM EDT2014-04-21 06:03:10 GMT
Survivors of Mount Everest's deadliest avalanche recalled scenes of panic and chaos, describing Sunday how they dug through snow with their hands and ice axes in hopes of finding their friends alive.More >>
Sherpa guides on Mount Everest are considering a climbing boycott after the deadliest avalanche in the mountain's history, a move that could seriously disrupt the rest of the climbing season, a mountaineering official...More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 1:43 AM EDT2014-04-21 05:43:54 GMT
The residents of 308 Oquendo Street were jolted awake in the middle of the night by violent shaking and a noise that they likened to a freight train, or an exploding bomb.More >>
The residents of 308 Oquendo Street were jolted awake in the middle of the night by violent shaking and a noise that they likened to a freight train, or an exploding bomb.More >>
Monday, April 21 2014 12:03 AM EDT2014-04-21 04:03:29 GMT
For 130 years, the people of Masatepe have observed Good Friday by dressing up in colorful masks and costumes and dragging chained "Judases" through the streets of their town in western Nicaragua.More >>
For 130 years, the people of Masatepe have observed Good Friday by dressing up in colorful masks and costumes and dragging chained "Judases" through the streets of their town in western Nicaragua.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 11:03 PM EDT2014-04-21 03:03:00 GMT
Nigerians are marking Easter with heightened security against a spreading Islamic uprising, mourning the deaths of 75 bomb blast victims and fearful of the fate of 85 abducted schoolgirls.More >>
With little to celebrate, Nigerians marked Easter Sunday with heightened security against a spreading Islamic uprising, mourning the deaths of at least 75 bomb blast victims and fearful of the fate of 85 abducted schoolgirls.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 10:33 PM EDT2014-04-21 02:33:08 GMT
A Malaysian official met Sunday with relatives of passengers who were aboard the missing jetliner and discussed ways of providing them with financial assistance, as an unmanned submarine continued to search for any...More >>
As the search continued off the coast of Australia for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the airline announced another plane bound for India was forced to make an emergency landing early Monday after one of its tires...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 3:23 PM EDT2014-04-20 19:23:01 GMT
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Syria says Christians in the war-ravaged country "will not submit and yield" to extremists who attack "our people and holy places."More >>
Syria's embattled president marked Easter with a tour Sunday of an ancient Christian village recently recaptured by his forces, an important symbolic prize for his government ahead of coming presidential elections he...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 3:22 PM EDT2014-04-20 19:22:57 GMT
Algerian police and military officials said Islamist insurgents ambushed a military bus, killing at least 10 soldiers in the central Kabylie mountains.More >>
Islamist insurgents ambushed an Algerian military convoy in a mountainous region, killing 11 soldiers and wounding five others, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 3:13 PM EDT2014-04-20 19:13:31 GMT
By The Associated Press From the splendor of the Vatican to some of the world's most troubled regions, Christians worldwide sought hope Sunday in their religion's holiest event - the...More >>
By The Associated Press From the splendor of the Vatican to some of the world's most troubled regions, Christians worldwide sought hope Sunday in their religion's holiest event - the crucifixion...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 2:03 PM EDT2014-04-20 18:03:01 GMT
Egypt's Interior Ministry says gunmen have killed a captain from the intelligence services and a policeman on a desert road outside Cairo.More >>
Egypt's election commission said Sunday only two presidential hopefuls, one of them the powerful former military chief who nine months ago ousted the country's first democratically elected leader, have submitted...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 1:03 PM EDT2014-04-20 17:03:52 GMT
The Ukrainian and Russian governments are reporting a shootout at a checkpoint set up by pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has left one person dead and others hospitalized with gunshot wounds.More >>
Within hours of an Easter morning shootout at a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia insurgents in eastern Ukraine, Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement blaming militant Ukrainian nationalists and Russian state...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 12:13 PM EDT2014-04-20 16:13:15 GMT
New partial results released in Afghanistan's presidential election show candidate Abdullah Abdullah still is the front-runner, though a runoff election will be likely.More >>
Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah's lead slightly increased in partial results for Afghanistan's presidential election released Sunday, but he and rival Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai still seem to be heading for a...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 11:12 AM EDT2014-04-20 15:12:59 GMT
One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner, altering the city's skyline almost beyond recognition amid an ongoing construction frenzy seemingly...More >>
One by one, the old traditional houses of Beirut are vanishing as luxury towers sprout up on every corner, altering the city's skyline almost beyond recognition amid an ongoing construction frenzy seemingly immune to...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 10:53 AM EDT2014-04-20 14:53:20 GMT
Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria have returned home to France.More >>
Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria returned home Sunday to joyful families, a presidential welcome and questions about how France managed to obtain their freedom from Islamic extremists.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 9:32 AM EDT2014-04-20 13:32:51 GMT
The following is a portion of the transcript released Sunday by the South Korean coast guard of the conversation between the ferry that sank Wednesday and the Jindo Vessel Traffic Services Center (VTS) on Jindo...More >>
The following is a portion of the transcript released Sunday by the South Korean coast guard of the conversation between the ferry that sank Wednesday and the Jindo Vessel Traffic Services Center (VTS) on Jindo island. The...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 9:32 AM EDT2014-04-20 13:32:48 GMT
Pope Francis is celebrating Christianity's most joyous day, Easter Sunday, under sunny skies in St. Peter's Square.More >>
Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention to the...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 8:32 AM EDT2014-04-20 12:32:38 GMT
It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck?More >>
It is a decision that has maritime experts stumped and is at odds with standard procedure: Why were the passengers of the doomed South Korean ferry told to stay in their rooms rather than climb on deck?More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 6:02 AM EDT2014-04-20 10:02:22 GMT
Israeli police say they entered the compound at Jerusalem's holiest site to disperse Palestinians who were throwing rocks.More >>
Israeli police entered the compound of Jerusalem's holiest site to disperse Palestinians who were throwing rocks at them on Sunday, as thousands of tourists packed the Old City for the Easter and Passover holidays.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 5:52 AM EDT2014-04-20 09:52:45 GMT
Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Notre Dame from bridges over the River Seine?More >>
Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre or Notre Dame from bridges over the River Seine?More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 5:32 AM EDT2014-04-20 09:32:46 GMT
A transcript released Sunday of communications with the South Korean ferry that sank details crippling confusion and indecision, with a crew member questioning whether an evacuation was the right move well after...More >>
A transcript released Sunday of communications with the South Korean ferry that sank details crippling confusion and indecision, with a crew member questioning whether an evacuation was the right move well after the ship...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 5:32 AM EDT2014-04-20 09:32:45 GMT
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world are celebrating Easter in the Holy Land, commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago.More >>
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world are celebrating Easter in the Holy Land, commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago.More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 1:02 AM EDT2014-04-20 05:02:13 GMT
Rescuers were digging through piles of snow and ice Saturday for four Sherpa guides buried on Mount Everest when an avalanche swept down the slopes and killed 12 other Nepalese guides in the deadliest disaster on...More >>
Nepal's authorities temporarily halted climbing on Mount Everest while search teams dug through snow and ice Sunday for three Sherpa guides missing in the deadliest avalanche on the world's highest peak that killed...More >>
Sunday, April 20 2014 12:02 AM EDT2014-04-20 04:02:28 GMT
The rescuers moved quickly, just minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear.More >>
The rescuers moved quickly, minutes after the first block of ice tore loose from Mount Everest and started an avalanche that roared down the mountain, ripping through teams of guides hauling gear.More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 11:12 PM EDT2014-04-20 03:12:37 GMT
The search coordination center says an underwater robotic submarine is expected to finish searching a narrowed down area of the Indian Ocean seabed for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane within the next week,...More >>
A robotic submarine looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane continued to dive Sunday after completing about half of its search on the bottom of the Indian Ocean with no luck, prompting an official to express the...More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 10:52 PM EDT2014-04-20 02:52:50 GMT
A Japanese Cabinet minister on Sunday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead including war criminals, in what has repeatedly caused friction with Japan's neighbors.More >>
A Japanese Cabinet minister on Sunday visited a Tokyo shrine that honors the dead including war criminals, in what has repeatedly caused friction with Japan's neighbors.More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 10:52 PM EDT2014-04-20 02:52:32 GMT
On a warm spring day, Floribeth Mora was in her bed waiting to die from a seemingly inoperable brain aneurysm when her gaze fell upon a photograph of Pope John Paul II in a newspaper.More >>
On a warm spring day, Floribeth Mora was in her bed waiting to die from a seemingly inoperable brain aneurysm when her gaze fell upon a photograph of Pope John Paul II in a newspaper.More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 5:38 PM EDT2014-04-19 21:38:21 GMT
The dark hall inside Christianity's holiest shrine was illuminated with the flames from thousands of candles on Saturday as worshippers participated in the holy fire ceremony, a momentous spiritual event in...More >>
The dark hall inside Christianity's holiest shrine was illuminated with the flames from thousands of candles on Saturday as worshippers participated in the holy fire ceremony, a momentous spiritual event in Orthodox...More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 5:02 PM EDT2014-04-19 21:02:05 GMT
Pope Francis has presided over an Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica in which he will baptize 10 people.More >>
Pope Francis baptized 10 people Saturday and urged them to bring their faith "to the ends of the Earth" as he presided over an Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica.More >>
Saturday, April 19 2014 3:22 PM EDT2014-04-19 19:22:02 GMT
Russia's foreign ministry on Saturday promised it would offer strong assistance to Ukraine to overcome its crisis, but emphasized that the ultimate responsibility for reducing tensions lies with Ukrainians...More >>
Pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine on Saturday prepared to celebrate Orthodox Easter at barricades outside government offices seized in nearly a dozen cities, despite an international agreement to disarm and free the...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 10:34 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:34:27 GMT
An Oregon county commission has ordered an incinerator to stop accepting boxed medical waste to generate electricity after learning the waste it's been burning may include tissue from aborted fetuses from...More >>
An Oregon county commission has ordered an incinerator to stop accepting boxed medical waste to generate electricity after learning the waste it's been burning may include tissue from aborted fetuses from British...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 10:15 AM EDT2014-04-24 14:15:27 GMT
Residents and emergency crews were waiting for a fire to burn itself out after an explosion at a natural gas processing plant in a small town in southwestern Wyoming.More >>
Residents and emergency crews were waiting for a fire to burn itself out after an explosion at a natural gas processing plant in a small town in southwestern Wyoming.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 9:47 AM EDT2014-04-24 13:47:05 GMT
President Barack Obama is rejecting suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger.More >>
As trade negotiators struggled to overcome their differences, President Barack Obama on Thursday rejected suggestions that an Asia-Pacific trade deal is in danger and urged the U.S. and Japan to take bold steps to complete...More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 7:45 AM EDT2014-04-24 11:45:30 GMT
Nearly 40 years after a former Manson family member pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford, the audiotape from her pretrial psychiatric examination has been made public.More >>
Nearly 40 years after a former Manson family member pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford, the audiotape from her pretrial psychiatric examination has been made public.More >>
Thursday, April 24 2014 7:26 AM EDT2014-04-24 11:26:22 GMT
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, putting them back on track to be executed as early as next week.More >>
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, putting them both on track to be executed as early as next week.More >>
