Tag Archives: International

HARDWICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A forest fire burning through a popular hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstate highway was about 80% contained by Monday afternoon, New J...

CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. envoy for Somalia urged the country's leaders on Monday to take "bold steps" to ensure that 2020 sets the fragile Horn of Africa country on a trajectory to peace and stab...

Steve Ross, a Holocaust survivor who founded the New England Holocaust Memorial and spent decades searching for a soldier who helped him at a concentration camp in 1945, died Monday, Boston Mayor Mart...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - After months of resisting pressure to hand over the premiership to his named successor, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad finally quit this week. But in a confounding ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The tiny island nation of Bahrain suspended flights on Tuesday to the world's busiest airport for international travel in Dubai over fears about the spread of the new vir...

NEW DELHI - President Donald Trump's two-day visit to India delved into substance Tuesday after opening with a heavy dose of pomp and pageantry, even as few concrete accomplishments were expected from...

CONWAY, S.C. - South Carolina state Sen. Gerald Malloy is fine with a gay presidential candidate like Pete Buttigieg. His older male relatives are not - and that may be the defining challenge of Butti...

WASHINGTON - Democrats' desire for dramatic political change has emerged as a driving force in the party's presidential primary battle, one that extends beyond the progressive wing and presents challe...

BEIJING - A court in eastern China announced Tuesday that it has sentenced Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swedish citizen, to 10 years in prison. The Ningbo Intermediate People's Court convicted Gui of "il...

BEIJING - China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe. Another 71 deaths were reported, 68 of them in the city of Wuhan, where ...