The truck driver who into a French holiday crowd Thursday, killing 84 and injuring 200 had asked for "more weapons" in a text message before the attack in Nice, and the attack came after police removed vans...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the nation on Saturday that his government was working to crush a coup attempt after a night of explosions, air battles, and gunfire across the capital that left at...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The attacks on public servants and the rule of law "have to stop," President Barack Obama said Sunday after another shooting spree targeting police killed three officers in Baton Rouge and wounded three others. Obama...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Authorities say three law enforcement officers have been killed and three have been injured in a shooting in Louisiana. A sheriff's spokesman in Baton Rouge also said that one suspect is dead and two others are believed...
NICE, France (AP) -- French authorities detained two more people Sunday and released the estranged wife of the slain Nice truck attacker from custody as they tried to determine whether he had been an Islamic extremist or just a very angry man. The...
ISTANBUL (AP) -- The Turkish government accelerated its crackdown on alleged plotters of the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the justice minister saying Sunday that 6,000 people had been detained in the investigation,...
UNITED STATES NEW YORK (AP) Donald Trump introduced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate on yesterday, calling him "my partner in this campaign" and his first and best choice to join him on a winning...
ISLAMABAD (AP):Pakistani fashion model Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself with a Muslim cleric on social media, was strangled to death by her brother, police said yesterday.Her parents told police that...
PARIS (AP):The French interior minister has ordered increased security across France after the Nice truck attack.The terror attack on a festive Bastille Day crowd in France indiscriminately killed locals and foreigners alike, men, women and children...
LONDON (AP):British Prime Minister Theresa May has made more changes to the government, removing another key supporter of predecessor David Cameron and appointing several new ministers.Downing Street said yesterday that arts minister Ed Vaizey, a...
ANKARA (AP):Forces loyal to Turkey's president quashed a coup attempt in a night of explosions, air battles and gunfire that left some 265 people dead and more than 1,400 wounded yesterday.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that those responsible...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP): Turkey's armed forces "fully seized control" of the country Friday, according to a statement from the military published by a Turkish news agency, as gunfire was heard outside military headquarters, fighter jets...
NICE, France (AP): World leaders are expressing dismay, sadness and solidarity with France over the attack carried out by a man who drove truck into crowds of people celebrating France's national day in Nice, killing at least 84 people: UNITED...
BOSTON (AP):As Hillary Clinton weighs possible running mates, Elizabeth Warren offers a historic choice.Warren's got all the fire any Democratic presidential candidate would want in a 2016 running mate...
LONDON (AP):Theresa May wanted Britain to stay in the European Union, but the government she unveiled Thursday leaves little doubt that Britain's new prime minister intends to fulfil voters' instructions and take it out of the 28-nation bloc.May has...
WASHINGTON (AP):Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologised yesterday for "ill-advised" public criticism of Donald Trump, promising to be more discreet in the future.The leader of the court's liberal...
LIMA, Peru (AP):Peruvian authorities say bandits have attacked an Amazon tourist boat and robbed more than two dozen tourists from the US, Australia and New Zealand.Oscar Garrido-Lecca is the port captain in the...
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AP):Faith leaders and musicians delivered messages of hope at a funeral for a black Minnesota man who was fatally shot by a suburban St Paul police officer.Mourners filled the 3,000-seat...
NEW YORK (AP): More than two dozen people were sickened in an apparent mass drug overdose on a New York City street corner, sparking warnings from police and health officials about the dangers of using K2, also known as synthetic marijuana. Calls...
South China Sea ruling hailed as equalisingMANILA, Philippines (AP)In one of the world's most disputed waters, the puny Philippine navy doesn't stand a chance against China's flotilla of combat ships. So when diplomacy went nowhere and Beijing's...
Son of slain Louisiana man speaks outBATON ROUGE, La (AP):The 15-year-old son of a black man killed by Baton Rouge police spoke publicly for the first time yesterday, calling his father a good man and urging protesters not to resort to violence....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP):Venezuela's military is getting a major promotion as the socialist-run country struggles to combat severe shortages and stave off food riots.President Nicolas Maduro on Monday created a new government...
LONDON (AP):In a carefully orchestrated political ballet, David Cameron left his job and his home at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, resigning as prime minister soon afterward at Buckingham Palace. Theresa May then became...
LONDON (AP): David Cameron made his final appearance in Parliament as Britain's leader with dignity and humor Wednesday, turning the usually raucous prime minister's questions session into a time for praise, thanks, gentle ribbing, cheers...
MILAN (AP):Two Italian commuter trains collided head-on yesterday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people and injuring scores more, officials said. At least two passengers were pulled alive from the crumpled wreckage as the...
