North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m. on Friday after his government issued...
Tsipras resigns, paving way for snap Greek election
ATHENS – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office...
Jimmy Carter to be treated for brain cancer
ATLANTA – Former US President Jimmy Carter said on Thursday that his cancer has spread to his brain and he will start radiation treatment...
Fresh racial unrest in St Louis after police shoot black suspect
POLICE SHOT and killed a black man in St Louis on Wednesday in a killing that drew angry crowds ten days after protesters marked...
Hackers dump data online from cheating website Ashley Madison
TORONTO – Hackers dumped online personal details of more than a million users of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com, tech websites reported on Tuesday, the latest...
Europe struggles to respond as migrants numbers rise threefold
BRUSSELS – More than three times as many migrants were tracked entering the European Union by irregular means last month than a year ago,...