No Christmas at Notre Dame, as fire forces Mass into exile
PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral is unable to host Christmas services for the first time since the French Revolution, because the Paris landmark...
Thousands mark Christmas in West Bank town of Bethlehem
MOHAMMAD DARAGHMEH and PATTY NIEBERG
Associated Press
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims on Tuesday flocked to the West Bank town of...
Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia has got a strong edge in designing new weapons and that...
Australia’s PM defends climate stance amid wildfire disaster
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia's embattled Prime Minister defended his government's climate policy Monday, as authorities warned the wildfires crisis ravaging the country's most...
US soldier is killed in Afghanistan; Taliban claim attack
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American service member was killed in combat Monday in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said, without providing further...
New construction seen at missile-related site in North Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows...
Saudis sentence 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing
ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI and AYA BATRAWY
Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the...
India’s leader defends new law as protests against it go on
EMILY SCHMALL
Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Protesters angered by India's new citizenship law that excludes Muslims defied a ban against demonstrations on Sunday,...
N Korean leader holds party meeting to bolster military
HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday leader Kim Jong Un has convened a key ruling party meeting to...
Afghan president appears to win new term in initial results
RAHIM FAIEZ
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appears to have narrowly won a second term, according to preliminary results from...