5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home
PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arrived home on Thursday, but the joyful response has since been tempered by revelations that Prague released two terrorism suspects, apparently as part of a deal to secure their release. On Thursday, the Cze...
Uber Drivers and Others in the Gig Economy Take a Stand
Last September, Dallas-area drivers for UberBlack, the company’s high-end car service, rec...
Feds’ encryption fears overblown, report finds
Ever since Apple and Google made their operating systems encrypted by default in 2014, the f...
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener...
Charlie Whiting, the head of Formula 1 for governing body the FIA and one of the most infl...
A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
PARIS — It took almost two weeks for negotiators from 195 countries to finally pass the landmark climate accord this weekend after ...
Bangladesh fire: Blaze kills dozens in Dhaka historic district
A fast-moving fire swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, killing at least 78 people, officials say. ...
US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline
Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another US government shutdown have broken down without ag...
US unleashes sanctions on Iran, hitting oil, banking and shipping
BBC News The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states t...
Strictly Come Dancing: Darcey Bussell quits as judge
Dame Darcey Bussell is to step down from her role as a judge on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. She has been a member of the...
5 face charges of plotting terror attack in Australia
Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, were facing terrorism charges in Sydney Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into a...
Visitors shred artist’s huge Louvre paper artwork in one day
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
