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A construction crane crashed through the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, killing 107 people and casting a grim shadow on a yearly pilgrimage… Read More ›

  New Delhi – At least 89 people were killed and scores injured when a building that housed mining explosives blew up in central India on… Read More ›

Troops deployed to Munich where most are expected to arrive; polls show majority favor move to take in refugees   Germany is preparing to receive… Read More ›

No plans announced to resettle more migrants; ex-premier slams ‘cold-hearted reaction’ to crisis   TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Conservative government has so far declined to… Read More ›

Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Russian, French and Ukrainian counterparts in Berlin on Saturday evening.   Germany and other western European powers need… Read More ›

  (Reuters) — A Manhattan prosecutor urged a jury Thursday to convict three former executives of Dewey and LeBoeuf on the charge that they allegedly… Read More ›

  HP is now trying to rectify a situation in which the company was forcing a few hundred of its employees to take new jobs… Read More ›

  Vice President Joe Biden, in an emotional interview with comedian Stephen Colbert on Thursday, said he was not in a place to say that… Read More ›

  New York – Former NBC News anchor Brian Williams will return to the air on Sept. 22 as part of MSNBC’s coverage of Pope… Read More ›

  New York – Martin Strel swims with a knife strapped to his right leg — in case he encounters sharks, “vampire” fish and other… Read More ›

  Washington – Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said… Read More ›

Washington – America’s top diplomat called his Russian counterpart Wednesday to warn that Moscow’s military buildup of troops in Syria could escalate the bloody conflict there… Read More ›

  Jeremy Scott, creative director at the fashion house Moschino, is so hot right now that Kanye West name dropped him at the VMAs. On… Read More ›

Tokyo – Heavy flooding over eastern Japan washed away houses and forced residents to their rooftops, desperate for rescue by military helicopters. The raging brown floodwaters spawned… Read More ›

Washington – President Barack Obama has ordered his administration to “scale up” the number of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States in the coming year,… Read More ›

Victory for Obama, as Republicans fail to garner enough support for a vote that would have prompted a presidential veto   WASHINGTON (AP) — US… Read More ›

Representatives pass resolution that declares president failed to comply with terms of Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act   WASHINGTON – Shortly after President Barack Obama declared… Read More ›

President lauds ‘historic step forward’ for diplomacy; AIPAC warns failure to vote on deal creates ‘dangerous moment for America’   WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama… Read More ›

The fact that Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia are willing to escalate conflict by entering ground forces and increasing arms shipments means that Assad’s position in… Read More ›

Military watchers around the world eagerly anticipated China’s Sept. 3 military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the surrender of Japan and the end… Read More ›