BRASILIA, Brazil - A 13-year-old boy stabbed three classmates Tuesday at a school in Brazil, the second such assault in 24 hours, adding to fears over spiraling school violence after a series of deadly attacks. Brazil is on edge after a man armed with a hatchet burst into a...
BELFAST, United Kingdom - US President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, hoping to help maintain the fragile peace brokered 25 years ago after decades of sectarian violence over British rule. Before boarding Air Force One, Biden, 80, said the priority for his trip was "to keep...
BEIJING, China – China is brandishing a wide array of military equipment and weapons as it conducts drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate the self-ruled island. SHOW OF FORCE - A Chinese military helicopter flies over Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See- Pope Francis, who often champions poor and marginalised people, celebrated the traditional Holy Thursday Mass by washing the feet of 12 young inmates in a juvenile detention centre in Rome. The Argentine Jesuit, who was hospitalised last week for bronchitis, spent Thursday...
TOKYO, Japan- Tokyo shares closed higher Friday after New York high-tech stocks advanced overnight, while investors eyed US employment data due later in the day. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index added 0.17 percent, or 45.68 points, to end at 27,518.31, while the broader Topix index rose 0.21 percent,...
MONTREAL, Canada-Â An ice storm that battered eastern Canada left two dead and some million people without electricity on Thursday, as fallen trees blocked roads and downed power lines. The storm pummeled Quebec and Ontario, Canada's two most populous provinces. "Montreal is devastated," but the...
TYRE, Lebanon- Lebanon and Israel "said they do not want war", the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said Friday. The UN peacekeepers -- deployed in southern Lebanon to buffer the two countries -- called on "all parties to cease all actions" on both sides of the border after the Israeli army...
TOKYO, Japan- Rescuers in Japan have found more parts of a military helicopter a day after it disappeared from radar with 10 people on board, the coastguard said Friday. Two pilots, two mechanics and six crew members were on board the UH-60JA when it went missing shortly before 4:00 pm local time...
The Israeli army announced before dawn Friday that it was carrying out strikes "in Lebanon", from where more than 30 rockets were fired at Israel the previous day. The army said in a short statement issued at 4:07 am (0107 GMT) that it "is currently striking in Lebanon," without providing further...
TYRE, Lebanon- At least three explosions were heard in southern Lebanon's Tyre region at dawn on Friday, according to AFP reporters, as Israel announced it was carrying out strikes in response to rocket fire. "At least two shells fell near" a Palestinian refugee camp near Tyre city, said camp...
JERUSALEM - Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque Wednesday, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes in flaring violence as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.  Armed police in riot gear stormed the...
BERLIN, Germany - The inventor of the hugely popular Catan board game, Klaus Teuber, has died at the age of 70, the franchise's German publisher has said. Teuber passed away on Saturday after a "short and serious illness", publisher Kosmos said in a statement Tuesday. Â The Catan creator had...
