WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, President Obama highlighted wage growth over the course of his presidency. Since 2012, real wages have grown about 20 times faster than they…
continue readingThe father of New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami said on Saturday that the FBI had made “mistake after mistake” in handling the case and is now “punishing” the…
continue readingA top Russian diplomat has criticized the U.S. of creating “unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria” when it publicly accused Russia of launching a series of cyber attacks that were aimed at undermining…
continue readingAuthorities in Bangladesh say troops have killed at least 11 suspected “extremists” in three separate raids targeting the militant Islamist group that is accused of killing dozens of people during…
continue readingGerman Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called the current escalation of tensions created by souring relations between the United States and Russia “more dangerous” than the Cold War. …
continue readingGerman authorities said on October 8 that a major manhunt was under way in the eastern city of Chemnitz for a Syrian man suspected of planning a bomb attack, and…
continue readingSecurity forces in Bangladesh killed 11 suspected members of an Islamist militant group in an ongoing crackdown against extremism in the country. On Saturday, Bangladeshi Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said…
continue readingGeorgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, accompanied by his wife Maka Tsinadze and one of their sons, was among those who cast their votes early in the capital Tbilisi in the…
continue readingThe owner of Hungary’s biggest opposition newspaper says it has suspended publication in a move that is sure to highlight concerns about democratic and free-speech backtracking in the EU-member country…
continue readingThe northern Afghan city of Kunduz is under assault again, a year after it was briefly captured by the Taliban. Tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee…
continue readingA Turkish official says two militants detonated explosives and killed only themselves near Ankara Saturday after authorities asked them to surrender, according to local media. Reports say the suicide bombers,…
continue readingMorocco’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won elections in that North African country but failed to avoid the need for coalition talks to form a government. …
continue readingMoscow has accused the United States of “dirty tricks” to whip up “unprecedented anti-Russian hysteria” through what it claims are unsubstantiated allegations that Russia was behind computer hacks against Democratic…
continue readingLeading Olympics representatives are gathered in Switzerland for a half-day summit to review the sporting-world spectacular’s anti-doping system and help protect “clean athletes.” …
continue readingTensions are high between Pristina and Belgrade after Kosovo’s parliament voted on October 7 to nationalize the massive Trepca mining complex that straddles the border with Serbia. …
continue readingTurkish authorities say two suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside the capital, Ankara, after police ordered them to surrender. …
continue readingSome leading Republicans in the United States are beginning to withdraw their support for the party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, after a video surfaced Friday from 2005 in which Trump…
continue readingWikiLeaks has released a pile of emails from Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The emails, released Friday, include transcripts of her speeches to Wall Street firms. Clinton is reported to…
continue readingRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump has issued a videotaped apology amid a public outcry that includes senior Republicans following the emergence of a decade-old recording that shows him speaking in…
continue readingLeaked documents published by Wikileaks show that U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in private has advocated for free trade and open borders in a way that contradicts public pledges…
continue readingThe Russian government has directed the Rosneft state oil company to acquire a majority stake in the Bashneft regional oil firm, calling into question whether the sale amounts to a…
continue readingThe United Nations Security Council on October 8 will vote on two competing resolutions to stop fighting in Syria, one from Russia and the other from France in a showdown…
continue readingPreliminary results in Morocco’s national elections showed the moderate Islamist Party of Justice and Development in the lead, despite frustration with its handling of the economy in its five years…
continue readingThe landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers remains “fragile” in part because it has become a focus of dispute in the U.S. presidential election, the head of the…
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