LAGOS, Nigeria – A Nigerian general has been dismissed from the army and jailed for losing a major battle in which Boko Haram Islamic extremists killed hundreds of civilians, the…
A man kisses the ground in Lendava, Slovenia on Saturday after disembarking from a bus that brought migrants from Croatia. Hungary shut down its border with Croatia to the free…
Israeli border police officers order a Palestinian man to lift his shirt at a checkpoint as he exits the Arab neighborhood of Issawiyeh in Jerusalem on Saturday. Palestinian assailants carried…
Republican presidential contender and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush greets supporters at a tailgate party before an NCAA college football game between Tennessee and Georgia on Oct. 10 in Knoxville,…
country must be ‘serious’ about nuclear arms talks
BERLIN – German lawmakers called on the government Friday to respond to reports that the country’s intelligence agency spied on the United States and other allies. If true, the allegations…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Interior Department announced Friday it is cancelling future lease sales and will not extend current leases in Arctic waters off Alaska’s northern coast, a decision that…
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton is dominating the money hunt in the presidential campaign. She’s collecting more big-dollar contributions than any candidate in either party among 26 states. An Associated Press…
Christie’s has a lineup of 20th-century masterpieces by Lucian Freud, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein. The Gauguin pieces – a sculpture and a painting – hail from the…
One of the longest-running and sexiest stunts you will see in online ads around the world is a group of naked women who choose to wear nothing rather than wear…
Dr. Angelica Zen, who is obscured at lower right, delivered a baby on a China Air flight from Taiwan on Oct. 7 after a passenger went into labor and the…
Instability in Libya could complicate investigation
CHICAGO – Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert intends to plead guilty in a hush-money case linked to allegations of sexual misconduct, a defense attorney said Thursday, a move that could…
America’s longest war will continue to 2017
brother dies, other in serious condition
Performance might influence Biden’s decision to run
Democratic candidates for president outline vision at first debate
In this Oct. 8 file photo, Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis. arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. The pressure is on Ryan as he contemplates running for…
Hillary Clinton will likely try to name issues on which she agrees with President Barack Obama, such as health care, while carefully noting where the two part ways, such as…
CHAPIN, S.C. – As the worst of the floodwaters that roared through South Carolina washed out to sea, Gov. Nikki Haley and other officials said Monday it is time to…
Somalis wait to receive food in July 2011 at a camp in Mogadishu. Calamitous famines appear to have vanished from the planet. A study, part of the 2015 Global Hunger…
only subtle differences between three lead candidates
In the clearest warning yet that Southern California could be due for a deluge, meteorologists said in a report last week that the already strong El Niño has a 95…
Angus Deaton greets people at Princeton University after it was announced that he won the Nobel prize in economics for improving understanding of poverty and how people in poor countries…
