Oil prices jump and Asian shares slip as US and Iran carry out airstrikes
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The...
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US and Iran vie for Strait of Hormuz, waterway key to global energy supplies, in latest attacks
The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching...
Fire breaks out at a pub in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people
A huge fire tore through a beer hall in Bangkok overnight into Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring...
US Sen. Lindsey Graham has died after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for...
14 nations and the EU reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China’s claims in South China Sea
The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive...
US attacks Iran over ship being hit in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran lashes out again at Gulf Arab states
The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz...
Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s funeral saw open calls for his killing
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls...
Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live....
Mother wanted in connection with AMBER Alert hospitalized, SAPD says search for baby underway on South Side
Multiple law enforcement agencies are searching near a South Side home Friday afternoon for a 7-month-old infant who is the...
Asian stocks climb and oil prices slip as traders monitor Iran war developments
Asian stocks mostly advanced Friday, helped by buying of technology-related shares, while oil prices slipped as traders watched for developments...
Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship
As dusk settled over Gurdaspur's fields, villagers gathered in the courtyard of a Sikh temple to watch a movie that...
The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil.In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the...
Flooding from days of heavy rain in southern China has killed 39 people
Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people died in flooding after a tropical storm dumped heavy rainfall, as...
US launches new airstrikes on Iran and Tehran fires back at 3 Gulf Arab states
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in...
Some health workers in Congo’s Ebola outbreak go on strike over pay issues as deaths near 600
The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their...
