World
Londoners who saw worst of riots have mixed views on police
LONDON — With calm returning to Britain's damaged...
Africa’s population boom traps children in poverty
KANO, Nigeria — The boy stepped into the grubby street...
Laos continues to block public access to deported Hmong tribesmen
WASHINGTON — A California congressman has joined human rights activists in voicing concern over the treatment of ethnic Hmong deported by Thailand late last year to their native Laos and now being confined in isolated villages inaccessible to international news ...
FBI returns smuggled artifacts to Peru, Ecuador
MIAMI — They were found spread out in cupboards, book...
Protests lead Thailand’s prime minister to declare state of emergency in...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia...
China gives nod for Disney theme park in Shanghai
HONG KONG — Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that it has...
Haiti business community seeks to help rebuild economy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few blocks from where men lined up for backbreaking jobs digging corpses from the rubble for about $3 a day, a hotel was selling a ham sandwich for five times that amount...
North threatens another attack on island as S. Korea plans drills
SEOUL — Tempers flared Friday as North Korea warned South Korea...
Taliban suicide bombers attack Kabul shopping mall
GARDEZ, Afghanistan — Taliban suicide bombers attacked a Kabul shopping mall near the Afghan Presidential Palace...
Major earthquake hits Haiti
MIAMI — A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the capital of Haiti Tuesday afternoon, crippling the poor island nation and knocking out most of its communication with the outside world...
