EU begins shipping migrants in Greece back to Turkey
By MEHMET GUZEL and DEREK GATOPOULOS A controversial European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began Monday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were…
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2 killed after Amtrak train hits backhoe, derails
An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two people and sending more than 30 others to hospitals, authorities…
In Russia, bribes drive up the cost of living
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA The Moscow construction company executive ticks off bribes typically paid by construction companies here for a long list of permits and inspections needed to build a residential…
Egypt plane drama ends: hijacker arrested, passengers freed
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and HAMZA HENDAWI An Egyptian man wearing a fake explosives belt who hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight and forced it to land in Cyprus on Tuesday has…
At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, metro
By LORNE COOK and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a…
Amtrak train derails in Kansas, injuring at least 32
By ROXANA HEGEMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO An Amtrak train carrying more than 140 people derailed in rural Kansas early Monday, moments after an engineer noticed a significant bend in a…
Iraqi officials: US captured top IS chemical arms engineer
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern…
N. Korea, on defense after sanctions, makes nuclear threat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military on standby for nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting rivals…