BEIRUT – U.S.-backed forces in Syria claimed Tuesday that they had full control of the Islamic State's onetime capital of Raqqa, heralding an end to the militants' presence in their most symbolically important stronghold and raising new questions about the United States' future role in Syria.
MOSCOW – Sea trips between Vladivostok, Russia and isolated North Korea have resumed after a two-month break, with the transport of cargo, the… Read more
KABUL – A string of Taliban attacks on Afghan security units killed more than 70 people, officials said Tuesday, in another show of force by t… Read more
PARIS – President Donald Trump’s hawkish new approach towards Tehran, coupled with banking worries and domestic political turbulence in both c… Read more
With tensions rising throughout East Asia as a result of competing territorial claims for islands in the South China Sea, North Korean nuclear… Read more
Commonwealth climate finance experts will be on the ground within six months, Deputy Secretary-General Deodat Maharaj told Pacific heads of go… Read more
China will be the "loser" if it does not recognize an international court ruling against Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, … Read more
The man who shot and killed John Lennon in New York City nearly 36 years ago has again failed to persuade a state parole board to release him … Read more
WASHINGTON - Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable foundation hired the security firm FireEye to examine its data systems after seeing indicat… Read more
SEOUL - North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family, according to media reports, which if confirmed would make it o… Read more
LOS ANGELES - The famed Los Angeles Playboy mansion belonging to Hugh Hefner, founder of the Playboy empire, has been sold for $100 million, a… Read more
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Justice cannot spend money to prosecute federal marijuana cases if the defendants comply with state gui… Read more
VANCOUVER - Canadian police killed a man on Thursday, CTV and CBC television news channels reported, after the police had earlier issued a sta… Read more
SEATTLE - The U.S. government will announce on Thursday that it will allow more research into marijuana but has rejected requests to relax the… Read more
HONG KONG - Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable o… Read more
HONG KONG - Former Philippines President Fidel Ramos on Tuesday named the head of a Chinese government think-tank among the experts and offici… Read more
WASHINGTON - Recent satellite photographs show China appears to have built reinforced aircraft hangars on its holdings in the disputed South C… Read more
Gawker Media Group is engaged in preliminary talks with the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan to reach a settlement over a $140 million … Read more
Manny Pacquiao will take on American World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas when he returns to the ring on Nov. 5, acco… Read more
SEOUL - South Korea could change the site of a U.S. THAAD anti-missile defence unit in the southeastern county of Seongju due to health and en… Read more
SEOUL - North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday from its western region into the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military sai… Read more
BEIJING - China's Supreme Court said on Tuesday that people caught illegally fishing in Chinese waters could be jailed for up to a year, issui… Read more
SEOUL - South Korea announced on Wednesday the site where a U.S. THAAD anti-missile defense unit will be deployed against North Korea's missil… Read more
Three suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up in the main international airport in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing 28 people and… Read more
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, the BBC said based on voter tallies from Thursday's referendum, an outcome that would set the c… Read more
NEW YORK - Republican front-runner Donald Trump easily won New York state's presidential nominating contest on Tuesday, moving closer to captu… Read more
RESOLUTION: Sen. Telena Nelson presents a legislative resolution to the partners involved in the establishment of Home Ventures Realty on Tuesday to recognize the new business' grand opening of its Tamuning office. From left, CJ Sachdev, Jhoy Navarro, Clare Delgado, Nelson, Noli Villaverde a… Read more
John Muir once said, “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as f…
Sandra Han: Striving for success
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By the time the riot at Tiyan High School was placed under control around noon Tuesday, certain students were left bloodied, two students were… Read more
A thought has been gnawing on me for the past few election seasons, so let me just come out and admit that it’s ageist. There, let the axes fa… Read more
Sept. 11 is a solemn day for Americans everywhere, even those of us who are residents of an unincorporated territory 9,000 miles away from the… Read more
George Washington High junior Terrance Johnson has the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam High School Cross-Country League on notice after another blazing run at George Washington High School on Monday.
