At a cyber-bullying conference near Washington Monday, first lady Melania Trump said social media can be “destructive and harmful” when misused, as it often is. Trump said social channels have…
Government denies decision is related to investigation which linked Western-sponsored police forces in opposition areas to jihadist groups. The British government is ending funding for aid programmes in rebel-held Syria as president…
Pope Francis on Monday acknowledged the failure of the Catholic Church to act on allegations of sexual abuse by priests against children. His unusually forceful “Letter to the People of…
Major earthquakes struck the Pacific on Sunday — about 200 miles from Fiji and Tonga and in Indonesia’s Lomback island. The Fiji-Tonga area was hit by three quakes, the largest…
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has called for a conditional cease-fire with Taliban insurgents for the duration of the Eid al-Adha holiday. President Ghani made the announcement Sunday during celebrations of…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called bluff on the Trump administration for threatening his country with sanctions. The statements come amid rocky relations between Turkey and the United…
As part of Venezuela’s economic recovery plan, President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced economic measures that include increasing the national minimum wage. Maduro said the minimum wage will be set…
Kofi Annan, the Nobel laureate and former secretary-general of the United Nations, died Saturday from a short, undisclosed illness, his foundation announced. Annan, 80, of Ghana, led the United Nations…
Italy was preparing an official day of mourning Saturday to commemorate the dozens of people killed in Genoa’s bridge disaster with some outraged relatives of victims set to shun the…
Four passenger planes have been forced to make emergency landings after a series of bomb threats were issued to authorities in Chile. The jets, two operated by Latam Airlines – Latin…
