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US talks pose ‘conundrum’ for Greenland, Denmark: Analysts
LONDON -- U.S. officials are expected to meet with Danish and Greenlandic counterparts in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, amid President Donald Trump's continued expressions of intent to acquire the semi-autonomous Arctic territory despite collective opposition in both Copenhagen and...
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Iran protests: 2,500 killed, activists say, as Trump says US will ‘act accordingly’
LONDON -- More than 2,500 people have died during nationwide protests in Iran over the past 17 days, activists said Wednesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his support for demonstrators and hinted at potential American intervention against the...
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Construction crane collapses on passenger train in Thailand, killing at least 12, officials say
LONDON -- At least a dozen people were killed on Wednesday as a construction crane for a high-speed rail bridge collapsed onto a passenger train in Thailand, government officials said.The train, which had departed from Bangkok, was carrying 195...
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Venezuela live updates: Multiple detained Americans released, State Department says
In an apparent response to an earlier social media post from President Donald Trump, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez posted on social media Sunday, saying in part "they have no moral authority to point fingers at Cuba on anything,...
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Painted plane used in 1st military strike in Caribbean was part of fleet disguised as civilian aircraft: Sources
The aircraft used to strike a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean last September was part of a fleet of disguised planes that are painted to look like civilian aircraft and typically reserved for conducting surveillance, two people familiar...
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Video ‘Dilbert’ cartoonist Scott Adams dies at 68
Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose "Dilbert" comic strip satirizing white-collar office life appeared in newspapers around the world at its peak, has died at age 68.
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Video Paraglider survives nearly 500-foot fall into ocean
A paraglider survived a nearly 500-foot fall into the ocean off the coast of Florida, authorities say.
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19-year-old suspect in Mississippi synagogue fire indicted on state hate crime charges
A Mississippi grand jury has indicted a 19-year-old man with arson and hate crime charges stemming from a fire at the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, an act investigators allege the suspect confessed to committing because of the building’s...
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South Carolina reports 124 new measles cases as outbreak grows
At least 124 new measles cases have been reported in South Carolina since last Friday, health officials said.This brings the total number of cases in the outbreak to 434. There are currently over 400 people in quarantine.South Carolina has...
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Inflation held firm in December, testing Fed amid DOJ probe into Powell
Inflation held steady in December, continuing to prove stubborn just days after reports of a Department of Justice probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell brought fresh scrutiny to the independence of the central bank and its capacity to...
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Thailand: At least 30 dead after construction crane falls on train
Joel GuintoandJonathan Head,South East Asia Correspondent, BangkokThai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who is due to visit the scene later...