GAZA CITY — Israel briefly deployed ground troops inside the Gaza Strip for the first time yesterday, with its military warning northern Gaza residents to evacuate their homes, as part of a widening offensive that has killed more than 160 Palestinians.

VIENNA - Iran has stuck to "unworkable and inadequate" positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic programme, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

JERUSALEM — The death toll from Israel's aerial offensive in Gaza rose yesterday, while rocket fire from the Palestinian coastal enclave reached ever-broader swathes of Israel. A spokesman for the Israeli military said about 20,000 reserve troops had been ...

BELO HORIZONTE — Copa America, 2011: Argentina's Javier Mascherano hands the captain's armband to Lionel Messi after being sent off late in regulation time in the quarter-final against Uruguay. Argentina lose the ensuing penalty shootout as the hosts ...

Brazil's coach Luiz Felipe Scolari embraces Brazil's Neymar after the World Cup round of 16 football match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Brazil won 3-2 on penalties. Photo: AP.

Germany's Thomas Mueller, right, celebrates scoring the opening goal as United States' Omar Gonzalez, left, walks away during the group G World Cup football match between the USA and Germany at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Thursday, June ...

Mark Wahlberg takes on the robots to protect his daughter in Transformers: Age Of Extinction. The Hollywood star says the Transformers director was the 'main attraction' for signing on. mail · print. View all comments. Tweet. By ...

Michelle Wie of the USA proudly holds the trophy with her caddie Duncan French after her victory during the final round of the 69th US Women's Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club, Course No. 2 on Sunday. Photo: Getty Images. Former teenage ...

BEIJING — The amount of new foreign investment that China attracted last month shrank by the most in 16 months, hurt by waning growth in Asia's largest economy. However, the government has remained optimistic, saying the outlook is brightening for ...

YouTube logos displayed on a laptop screen partially covered with Turkey's national flag in this photo illustration taken in Ankara March 27, 2014. Photo: Reuters. Move follows court ruling that ban on video sharing site breaches right to freedom of speech.

Presidential candidate and former army chief Sisi gestures after casting ballot in Cairo. Photo: Reuters. A man holds a poster of former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they gather to celebrate his victory in presidential vote at Tahrir square in Cairo ...

Presidential candidate and former army chief Sisi gestures after casting ballot in Cairo. Photo: Reuters. A man holds a poster of former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as they gather to celebrate his victory in presidential vote at Tahrir square in Cairo ...

An illuminated euro sign is seen in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Photo: Reuters. mail · print. View all comments. Share on Tumblr · Tweet. Published: May 27, 5:39 PM. VIENNA - Inflation in the euro zone will likely stay ...

Activist Aisha Yesufu (C), 40, shouts slogans as she holds placards with fellow protesters in Abuja May 13, 2014. Photo: Reuters. Meanwhile, more international assistance arrives to help with search for hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls. mail · print. View all ...

SOMA (Turkey) — Rescuers desperately raced against time to reach more than 200 miners trapped underground today (May 14) after an explosion and fire at a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 205 workers, authorities said, in one of the worst mining ...

NEW DELHI — A coalition led by Indian opposition candidate Narendra Modi is set to win a majority of seats in the country's general election, early exit polls showed after voting ended yesterday in the six-week election. Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and ...

NEW YORK — Nighttime dreams in which you show up at work naked, encounter an ax-wielding psychopath or experience other tribulations may become a thing of the past thanks to a discovery reported yesterday (May 11). Applying electrical current to the ...

RAMALLAH (West Bank) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called the Holocaust the most heinous crime in modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims — a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during ...

RAMALLAH (West Bank) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called the Holocaust the most heinous crime in modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims — a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during ...

RAMALLAH (West Bank) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called the Holocaust the most heinous crime in modern history and expressed his sympathy for the victims — a rare acknowledgment by an Arab leader of Jewish suffering during ...