Santiago--Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers...
Santiago--Southern Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers...
Tokyo--Just hours after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sat down for his first substantial talks with China's Xi Jinping, one of his cabinet...
Boston--Relatives of the policeman shot dead after the Boston bombings gave harrowing testimony Wednesday as the defense downplayed a new video of convicted...
San Salvador--Clad in bullet-proof vests and balaclavas, elite squads of soldiers and police are preparing to wage a guerrilla-style war on El Salvador's...
Ottawa--The thawing of the polar ice promises Arctic nations new opportunities to open ocean trade routes and offshore oil fields. But the chill...
Washington--A Michigan woman was sentenced three to seven years in prison after firing her gun at a McDonald's drive-through when her hamburger was...
Sydney--An Islamic centre in Australia linked with several men accused of terrorism-related offences shut down Thursday, citing harassment and "insidious campaigns" against it....
Washington--The US Navy announced Wednesday that it had successfully completed the first in-flight refueling of a drone, widely increasing the use and range...
Tokyo--A member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet visited the Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, Jiji Press said, in a move that risks...
London--The number of women becoming nuns in Britain reached a 25-year high last year, according to figures released by the Catholic Church on...
Wellington--A moderate 4.7-magnitude earthquake hit the New Zealand capital Wellington on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported, rattling office blocks but causing no...
Georgetown, Guyana--A German man who was sailing from West Africa to the Caribbean island of Trinidad is missing after his yacht washed up...
Los Angeles--A US appeals court overturned Wednesday baseball legend Barry Bonds' conviction for giving evasive testimony, in a long-sought judicial victory for the...
Paris--France said Wednesday it had foiled a jihadist plot to attack a church after an Algerian who accidentally shot himself was found with...
Washington--The migration crisis in the Mediterranean -- in which 800 people are feared to have died Sunday alone -- is a tragedy that...
Rio de Janeiro--Brazil's scandal-hit state oil giant Petrobras lost $7.2 billion last year, it said Wednesday, releasing its first audited account of the...
Washington--The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at improving the sharing of information about cybersecurity threats between the government...
Johannesburg--President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday pledged to tackle xenophobia in South Africa as troops were sent in to support police in a crackdown...
