Puebla, Mexico – Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl’s remnants have killed at least 40 people in Mexico, officials said late Sunday, as a new storm threatened the country’s Pacific coast. Hardest-hit was the central state of…
Rio de Janeiro – French gymnast Samir Ait Said underwent surgery on the gruesome double break of his leg suffered at the Rio Olympics but vowed to try to come back for Tokyo 2020. The 26-year-old snapped…
Hong Kong – Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong to live out their childhood dream of catching Pokemon in the wild in what was billed as the city’s first Pokemon Go walk Saturday. The gaming app landed in…
Rouen, France – A fire apparently sparked by birthday cake candles tore through a bar in northern France early Saturday, killing at least 13 people in the nation’s deadliest blaze in a decade. Through the shattered front…
Tehran – Iran was quick to ban global gaming craze Pokemon Go, but as with many of the Islamic republic’s internet controls, tech-savvy youths have carried on regardless. In the ornate grounds of Mellat Park in Tehran,…
Manila – The Philippines said on Saturday it would within days send government missions to Saudi Arabia to help thousands of jobless Filipinos left stranded across the kingdom after the plunge in oil prices. The first batch…
Mumbai — Rescuers were searching on Wednesday for 20 people missing and feared dead after two buses plunged into a fast-flowing river in western India when a bridge collapsed in torrential monsoon rain, officials said. Emergency workers…
Aboard the papal plane, Pope Francis said Sunday that Islam could not be equated with terrorism and warned that Europe was pushing its young into the hands of extremists. “It’s not true and it’s not correct (to…
Philadelphia — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded insults at opposite ends of the country Friday, taking their fight for the White House to rival battleground states and portraying starkly different visions of America. One of the…
Indonesia executed four drug convicts Friday, but 10 others due to face the firing squad were given an apparent reprieve in a confused process one lawyer condemned as a “complete mess.” The executions on a remote prison…
Ankara – Turkish authorities on Monday issued arrest warrants for over 40 journalists in a new phase of the controversial legal crackdown after the failed coup, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to host opposition party chiefs…
Rome – Italian lawmakers will begin discussing Monday a proposal to ease up on the recreational use and growing of cannabis — a highly inflammatory topic, with the government on the fence. Were the draft to pass…
