By Karin Laub. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday called the Holocaust “the most heinous crime” of modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims, a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during the Nazi ...

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Youkyung Lee. Jindo, South Korea – South Korea's prime minister resigned Sunday over the government's handling of a ferry sinking that has left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame, fury and ...

NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alliance nations in eastern Europe also feeling at risk. U.S. air force Gen.

MOSCOW — Russia's President Vladimir Putin threatened Wednesday to start charging Ukraine in advance for vital gas supplies — a move that could sharply hurt his neighbour, which is already on the verge of bankruptcy. It was just the latest way Moscow is ...

OTTAWA - Alain Ntwali's 100-day ordeal of survival began after he watched his parents die. The 10-year-old moved from house to house, two to three times week, in what would ultimately become a successful attempt to stay one step ahead of the marauding, ...

BEIJING — The PowerPoint presentation wasn't enough. The analysis by British investigators that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was lost at sea wasn't enough. The relatives of Chinese passengers gathered in a hotel banquet hall on Wednesday were still ...

Chris Martin got in the first shot in the spin war following the announcement that of what he and Gwyneth Paltrow call their “conscious uncoupling.” In plain English the duo, married in 2003 and parents of two, are separating. Their statement says they will ...

KABUL - The luxury hotel was considered one of the safest spots in the Afghan capital. Yet four gunmen walked in, proceeded to the restaurant and pulled out pistols hidden in their shoes. They killed nine people, including an AFP journalist, his wife and two ...

OTTAWA - A Foreign Affairs spokesman says two Canadian citizens have been killed in a "brazen and cowardly attack on a hotel in Kabul." More Coming. E-mail this Article · Print this Article; Share this Article ...

KYIV, Ukraine - A Ukrainian military spokesman says a serviceman has been killed in storming of a Crimean base. E-mail this Article · Print this Article; Share this Article. Story Tools. E-mail this Article · Print this Article. Font: *; *; *; *; *. Image: *; *; *; *. Spotlights ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Islamic militants struck the northern city of Maiduguri Friday morning, attacking the main military barracks with gunfire and explosions, but the Ministry of Defence said it repelled the insurgents and inflicted "heavy casualties." Children ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court has convicted a rebel leader of charges including murder and pillage during a deadly attack on a village in eastern Congo, but acquitted him of rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers.

PARIS - Top diplomats from the major players trying to find an end to the crisis in Ukraine are gathering in Paris on Wednesday as tensions simmered over the Russian military takeover of the strategic Crimean Peninsula. The envoys from Russia, Ukraine, the ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming to California. After stopping in Washington, D.C., to meet with President Barack Obama, Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Tuesday afternoon. He plans to meet ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The brutal, unshrinking historical drama "12 Years a Slave" won best picture at the 86th annual Academy Awards where diversity was perhaps the biggest winner. For the first time, a film directed by a black filmmaker — Steve McQueen ...

Hollywood showed its serious side as Steve McQueen's harrowing drama 12 Years a Slave won Oscar's top prize as best picture. "Everyone deserves not just to survive," McQueen said in accepting the award, "but to live." And Matthew McConaughey's ...

LONDON - Winners of the 2014 Brit Awards, announced Wednesday: British Female — Ellie Goulding. International Female — Lorde. British Male — David Bowie. International Male — Bruno Mars. British Group — Arctic Monkeys. British Breakthrough Act — ...

BANGKOK - Riot police cleared anti-government protesters from a major boulevard in the Thai capital in a small victory for authorities Friday as they try to reclaim areas that have been closed during a three-month push to unseat Prime Minister Yingluck ...

LONDON - Barclays, Britain's second-biggest bank in terms of assets, is to slash up to 12,000 jobs as it seeks to change its corporate culture following a string of scandals. But even as the reductions were announced Tuesday, Barclays set aside more money ...