Posts in category National & World

Brian WilliamsBy CHIKA ODUAH  YOLA, Nigeria — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding school in Nigeria in the dead of …

By NEDRA PICKLER and DAVID ESPO WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama asked Congress Wednesday to formally authorize military force against the Islamic State group, arguing the militants could …

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK  — Home Depot Inc., the nation’s largest home-improvement retailer, says it has started to hire more than 80,000 seasonal workers …

By KARL RITTER STOCKHOLM — Since the money raised by governments and corporations hasn’t managed to halt the destruction of the world’s rainforests — an area …

By RALPH JENNINGS TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s …

By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Three militaries, using ground troops and warplanes, fought Boko Haram on at least two fronts Wednesday with hundreds of …

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA MOSCOW — The husband of a Russian mother of seven suspected of spying for Ukraine said Tuesday he was summoned for questioning but …

By ERIC TALMADGE TOKYO — A campaign within the United Nations to haul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before an international court for crimes against …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has urged all parties in Nigeria’s elections later this month to refrain from violence …

By PHILIP ELLIOTT WASHINGTON — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Sunday said being gay is akin to choosing to drink alcohol or use profanity — …