YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Police in the Armenian capital on Tuesday forcefully dispersed demonstrators who blocked a central avenue as part of a protest against a hike in electricity prices, arr…
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Kurdish fighters and their allies have captured an Islamic State group military base in northern Syria.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli leaders are condemning a brutal attack by Druze villagers against a military ambulance carrying wounded Syrians from the bloody civil war raging next door.
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The British Embassy in Rwanda says a Rwandan military general was arrested on Saturday by London's Metropolitan Police on behalf of Spanish authorities.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Reports that an Australian, notorious for holding up the severed heads of Syrian victims, has been killed fighting in Iraq have raised the potential for his young fa…
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Several Norwegian players teamed with Norway's national TV broadcaster NRK to produce a "mockumentary" addressing sexist stereotypes and critics who say the women's game…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Backers of President Barack Obama's trade agenda are imploring key senators to stand by their previous votes when they revisit the issue in a showdown set for Tuesday.
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Tuesday following U.S. advances and optimism over Greek debt talks.
CHICAGO (AP) — At least seven people were injured as severe thunderstorms that swept across northern Illinois spawned a tornado, damaged homes and uprooted trees.
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The Montgomery County Council is set to debate and vote on whether to require paid sick leave in the county.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women from the Twin Cities area are among guests that were invited to dine with President Barack Obama at an annual White House dinner held in honor of Islam's holy month…
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II is leaving Tuesday on a state visit to Germany that will include her first trip to a former concentration camp site.
TAOS, N.M. (AP) — From spending more than a decade preparing food for some of the world's most influential people as the White House executive chef to appearing on the Food Network's "Iron Che…
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) — Abdel Mowgood Hassan climbs over toppled bricks and a torn-away front door to enter his uncle's house in Tikrit, the first of his relatives to make a cautious return home s…
WASECA, Minn. (AP) — A judge has approved prosecutors' request for a second psychological exam for a southern Minnesota teen accused of plotting an attack at his school.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin doesn't get into ranking the performances of his ace Carson Fulmer.
TOKYO (AP) — About 5,000 people including Japan's prime minister and the U.S. ambassador to Japan held a memorial service Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa, one of …
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When Pacers forward Damjan Rudez returned to the Basketball Without Borders camp earlier this month, there were some noticeable changes.
A look at what's happening all around the major leagues today:
BELLMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Items recovered from a remote hunting cabin have been sent to labs for DNA testing to determine if they are linked to a pair of convicted killers who escaped from a nearb…
In the third season of “House of Cards,” conniving President Frank Underwood colludes with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jacobs on the timing of Jacobs’ retirement. Their plan: To have the…
The slaughter last week at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., has reignited the debate over the state’s flying of the Confederate battle flag on the grounds of the…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The heir of the Samsung business empire bowed deep in apology Tuesday as criticism mounted over a Samsung hospital's role in spreading Middle East respiratory syndrom…
As more presidential candidates enter the fray, each one seems to be trying to outdo the others with impromptu plans for tax reform. What they have in common, aside from sketchy research, is t…