WASHINGTON– A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Puerto Rico on Saturday, as the Caribbean island has experienced tremors nearly on a daily basis since late December.
The quake occurred at 4:20 p.m....
WASHINGTON–The number of initial jobless claims in the United States rose last week, according to a report released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday.
The number...
WASHINGTON–A 47-year-old Libyan man who was captured by US special forces in Libya and brought to the United States for trial was sentenced to prison on Thursday for his role...
SYDNEY–A large water-bombing plane crashed while fighting fires southwest of Sydney on Thursday, killing all three US crew on board, Australian officials said.
New South Wales Rural Fire Service...
BEIJING–Chinese health authorities announced Thursday that 571 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 25 provincial-level regions in the country by the end...
ATHENS–A trailblazing judge with particular expertise in environmental law and the constitution will become Greece's first female president on Wednesday.
The candidacy of Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou has already w ...
BEIJING– Chinese health authorities announced Wednesday that 440 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) had been reported in 13 provincial-level regions in the country by the end...
SYDNEY–A mammoth clean-up has been underway since Tuesday after freak thunderstorms lashed Australia's east overnight, leaving around 30,000 homes without power.
Rolling through Canberra in the afternoon, the m...
COLOMBO– Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has acknowledged for the first time that more than 23,500 people missing for a decade since the end of the country's protracted Tamil war...
WASHINGTON–Eleven U.S. troops were treated for concussion symptoms as a result of last week's Iranian missile attack on U.S. military base in Iraq, the U.S. military said Thursday in a...
KIEV–Ukraine's prime minister offered his resignation on Friday after audio was leaked of him reportedly criticising President Volodomyr Zelensky's understanding of the economy.
"To remove any doubts a ...
BEIJING0hinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing Friday for a state visit to Myanmar. Xi is paying the visit at the invitation of Myanmar's President U Win Myint.
Xi's entourage...
WASHINGTON–U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn in on Thursday afternoon on the Senate floor for the soon-to-begin impeachment trial, making Donald Trump only the third president in U.S. history...
DUBLIN– Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced on Tuesday that the country will hold general elections on Feb. 8.
In a statement issued by the Irish Government Press Office,...
NAIROBI–Suspected Al-Shabaab Islamists killed three teachers and kidnapped another at a primary school in eastern Kenya on Monday, police said, the latest in a spate of attacks in the region.
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SEOUL–South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday expressed his optimistic view over the relations between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) although the deadlocked talks between...