NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 48 people were killed after dozens of militants attacked a Kenyan coastal town overnight, targeting a police station and two hotels, officials said Monday. The attacks began Sunday evening as residents of Mpeketoni, a town near ...

SEATTLE — The police are crediting the quick response of students at Seattle Pacific University in subduing a man who opened fire on the campus Thursday afternoon with keeping down the number of victims. The episode, in which one person was killed ...

After months of doing too little, the European Central Bank on Thursday announced a series of policies to bolster the euro zone's frail economy and avert deflation, which would weaken it even further. The moves include charging commercial banks an interest ...

Egypt's elections commission on Tuesday formally declared the former defense chief, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the winner of last week's pro forma presidential election with nearly 97 percent of the vote. Turnout was about 47 percent of eligible voters, far short of ...

Egypt's elections commission on Tuesday formally declared the former defense chief, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the winner of last week's pro forma presidential election with nearly 97 percent of the vote. Turnout was about 47 percent of eligible voters, far short of ...

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Tuesday that he is “deeply troubled” by the Obama administration's decision to work with the new Palestinian government, signaling new strains in the often rocky relationship between ...

President Obama at the presidential palace in Warsaw in May 2011. On Monday, he begins a trip to Poland, Belgium and France. Credit Charles Dharapak/Associated Press. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — A pregnant Pakistani woman was beaten to death by her family outside a courthouse in the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday because she had defied their wishes and married the man of her choice, police officials said.

SYDNEY, Australia — The deep-sea underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumed overnight with a remote-controlled submersible scouring the seabed in an area where searchers still believe they detected acoustic signals from the ...

TRIPOLI, Libya — Towns, tribes and armed groups across Libya chose sides on Monday in response to a renegade general's assault on the country's Islamist militias and lawmakers. The general, Khalifa Heftar, has threatened to start something like a coup or ...

TRIPOLI, Libya — Towns, tribes and armed groups across Libya chose sides on Monday in response to a renegade general's assault on the country's Islamist militias and lawmakers. The general, Khalifa Heftar, has threatened to start something like a coup or ...

TRIPOLI, Libya — A retired Libyan general claimed responsibility for an attack on the Parliament building here on Sunday, two days after his irregular force launched an attack aimed at eradicating powerful Islamist militias from the eastern city of Benghazi.

President Obama has imposed sanctions on the Central African Republic's former president, François Bozizé, and four other men linked to violence and human rights abuses in the country, the White House said Tuesday. The country has been racked by ...

WASHINGTON — As Iran and six world powers meet this week in Vienna to begin drafting language to resolve their nuclear standoff, negotiators say they are finally confronting a crucial sticking point to a permanent agreement — the size and shape of the ...

WASHINGTON — As Iran and six world powers meet this week in Vienna to begin drafting language to resolve their nuclear standoff, negotiators say they are finally confronting a crucial sticking point to a permanent agreement — the size and shape of the ...

ROME — A boat packed with hundreds of migrants trying to reach Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 45 miles off the Libyan coast on Monday. At least 14 people died, but more than 200 were rescued in an operation led by the Italian Navy. Officials ...

If there were questions about the legitimacy of the separatist referendums in eastern Ukraine, the farcical names of the entities on which people were asked to vote — the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk or Luhansk — surely answered them.

If there were questions about the legitimacy of the separatist referendums in eastern Ukraine, the farcical names of the entities on which people were asked to vote — the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk or Luhansk — surely answered them.

If there were questions about the legitimacy of the separatist referendums in eastern Ukraine, the farcical names of the entities on which people were asked to vote — the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk or Luhansk — surely answered them.

A large section of the mighty West Antarctica ice sheet has begun falling apart and its continued melting now appears to be unstoppable, two groups of scientists reported on Monday. If the findings hold up, they suggest that the melting could destabilize ...