GUSAU, Nigeria — Gunmen who kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria last week beat them and threatened to shoot them during a forced march into captivity, victims said on Tuesday after they were set free.
HOLTVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) — At least 13 people, 10 of them Mexican nationals, were killed on Tuesday when a tractor-trailer slammed into a F… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to uphold two Republican-backed voting restrictions in Arizona… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon expressed concern on Tuesday about a U.N. report indicating possible reprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North… Read more
WASHINGTON (Los Angeles Times) — The United States and the European Union are jointly imposing sanctions to punish Russia for the poisoning of… Read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any U.S. state on Tuesday, lifting a mask mandate and … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he would use federal authority to offer coronavirus vaccinations to K-12 teachers and child… Read more
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will start debating President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill this week, Senate Majority Leader… Read more
A new COVID-19 variant detected in New York City that's now traveled through various city neighborhoods is being watched closely by U.S. healt… Read more
President Joe Biden's administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation networks at the heart of U.S… Read more
HONG KONG – China’s plan to dramatically reform Hong Kong’s electoral system, expected to be unveiled in a parliamentary session in Beijing st… Read more
The United States must stick to a two-dose strategy for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, top U.S. infectious disease officia… Read more
HONG KONG – China’s plan to dramatically reform Hong Kong’s electoral system, expected to be unveiled in a parliamentary session in Beijing st… Read more
WASHINGTON – The United States is focused on “future conduct” of Saudi Arabia and will expect Riyadh to improve its human rights record, a U.S… Read more
BERLIN – The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency on Monday urged that inspections not be used as a "bargaining chip" as Iran, … Read more
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who survived a chemical poisoning last year that he called a Kremlin attempt to kill him, has begun … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office cleared the way on Sunday for an independent attorney with subpoena powers to investigate allegations agai… Read more
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump hinted on Sunday at a possible presidential run in 2024, attacked President Joe Biden and repeated … Read more
WASHINGTON — Initial deliveries of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine should start on Tuesday, senior Biden administrat… Read more
SAN DIEGO – When Georgina Mercado was arrested in Chicano Park in 2016 and booked into the Las Colinas women's jail in Santee, her first thoug… Read more
OAKLAND, Calif./WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. national security commission is recommending that American universities take steps to prevent se… Read more
JERUSALEM — Israel approved plans on Sunday to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians with Israeli work permits, a step a rights group said d… Read more
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia launched its space satellite Arktika-M on Sunday on a mission to monitor the climate and environment in the Arctic a… Read more
Hong Kong police charged dozens of opposition activists including Joshua Wong with violating the city's national security law, taking formal a… Read more
Protesters in Myanmar prepared for more demonstrations against junta rule on Monday, defying a crackdown a day earlier that killed at least 18… Read more
DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran on Sunday ruled out holding an informal meeting with the United States and other major powers to discuss ways to salvag… Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) — Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the gl… Read more
The U.S. government on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, enabling millions more Americans to be vaccin… Read more
LOS ANGELES — Federal officials are expressing worry that the decline in national daily coronavirus cases is starting to flatten as one of the… Read more
ORLANDO, Fla. - Right Side Broadcasting Network was streaming the Conservative Political Action Conference, and the content was becoming a pro… Read more
Myanmar police threw stun grenades and fired into the air on Sunday to disperse opponents of military rule, sustaining a sweeping crackdown la… Read more
JANGEBE, Nigeria - Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 27 teenage boys who were kidnapped from their school last week in the north-central … Read more
Foreign workers are leaving Britain at the fastest pace since World War II, presenting a challenge to an economy already roiled by Brexit and … Read more
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said U.S. air strikes against Iranian-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday were a cowardly act and ur… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, acc… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday announced a major change in how the federal government will calculate and weigh the cost of c… Read more
A panel of expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday voted in favor of authorizing Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose C… Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives on Friday was poised to push through President Joe Biden’s $1.9 tril… Read more
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage increase cannot remain in his coronavirus relief bill as written, the Sen… Read more
Assailants shot Lady Gaga's dog walker and stole two of the pop superstar's French bulldogs, prompting her to offer a half-million-dollar rewa… Read more
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pent… Read more
The Soviet-era cargo plane rose from a frigid Moscow runway and banked south toward Syria, landing at a Russian air base on the coast several … Read more
A sailor who spent 16 hours floating in the Pacific Ocean has credited a piece of "sea rubbish" for saving his life after he fell overboard fo… Read more
The government is preparing to lift the state of emergency for six prefectures, including Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo, as early as the end of this … Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators on Wednesday were eyeing potentially significant cuts to President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill a… Read more
WASHINGTON — As the House prepares this week to approve a one-year move to fight child poverty as part of President Biden's COVID-19 relief pa… Read more
Fresh off an election in which former President Donald Trump made false claims of fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to ponder the legali… Read more
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared reluctant to give police unlimited power to enter a home without a warrant when… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has fewer top government leaders in place than other recent presidents at this point in their terms, a p… Read more
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration plans to send 25 million reusable cloth masks directly to community health centers and food banks to pro… Read more