The ‘Sniper of Mosul’ is picking off jihadis one-by-one
A renegade sniper has been striking fear into the hearts of terrorists in Mosul — picking off local jihadis one-by-one, including an ISIS executioner...
Police search forests in India after 21 Maoist rebels killed
NEW DELHI — Security forces were hunting through forests in southeast India Monday for Maoist rebels after a fierce gunfight left 21 rebels dead...
527 South Koreans to sue Samsung on Galaxy Note 7 recall
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Korean Galaxy Note 7 smartphone owners were preparing Monday to file a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics over...
Hillary Clinton Presses Her Advantage Over a Struggling Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton moved aggressively on Sunday to press her advantage in the presidential race, urging black voters in North Carolina to vote early and...
US: Philippines’ Duterte sparking distress around the world
MANILA, Philippines — America’s top diplomat for Asia said Monday that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial remarks and a “real climate of uncertainty” about...
China’s Xi seeks to enforce Strong will against corruption at Communist Party meeting
BEIJING — Having punished more than a million Communist Party members for corruption, Chinese President Xi Jinping will use a key meeting that started...
France moving more than 6,000 migrants, destroying huge camp
CALAIS, France — Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags walked to a registration center in the French port city of Calais...
India has 30 million stray dogs. In one state, vigilantes are being pushed to kill them.
KOCHI, INDIA — The dogcatcher tiptoes into a narrow lane carrying a metal wire noose. Someone had spotted a stray dog amid rows of...
20 minutes from modern Jerusalem, a Palestinian village is stranded in the past
JUBBET ADH DHIB, West Bank — Let there be light. That is a plea of residents of this Palestinian village who have waited nearly...
E.U. authorities brace for wave of Islamic State fighters after Mosul assault
BRUSSELS — A long-awaited offensive this week to dislodge the Islamic State from its stronghold city of Mosul is fueling fears of renewed terrorist...
China’s plan to organize its society relies on ‘big data’ to rate everyone
BEHIND THE FIREWALL: How China tamed the Internet |This is part of a series examining the impact of China’s Great Firewall, a mechanism of...
Pictures of two Egyptian children engaged to be married trigger outrage — once again
Cairo: At the wedding, held in a province about 75 miles north of Cairo, the guests didn’t find it strange. Some would later tell...