Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...
Feds’ encryption fears overblown, report finds
Ever since Apple and Google made their operating systems encrypted by default in 2014, the f...
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
The National Audubon Society's 116th annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, which means it...
Super expensive champagnes to pop during the holidays
Lily Bollinger, of the House of Bollinger Champagne, once famously said, “I drink Champagn...
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national being held in a Tehran jail on espionage charges, could be released a...
New Zealand’s potential new flag looks decided, but what about the color?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealanders know what their new potential national flag will look like, except that they're not quite...
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues...
Bangladesh plane ‘hijacker’ shot dead by special forces
A passenger suspected of attempting to hijack a flight from Bangladesh to Dubai has been shot dead by Bangladeshi special forces, ...
Bomb kills three US soldiers in Afghanistan
Three US service members and one contractor have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Three other service members wer...
France fuel protest: One dead in ‘yellow vest’ blockades
The female protester was struck after a driver panicked and drove towards demonstrators, reports said. Some 120,000 "yellow vests"...
For the fourth year in a row, Game of Thrones is the world’s most pirated TV show
Rising temperatures could be bad news for male loggerhead turtles
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne
