Running the roadblock: House Democrats seeking way around White House on impeachment
Facing a White House vowing to block the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment inquiry, Democratic congressional leaders on Thursday were plotting the next moves in...
Zelenskiy ready to open probe into any Ukraine meddling in Trump election
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he would be ready to jointly open an investigation into any possible Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S....
Turkey says 109 militants killed in advance into northeast Syria
Turkish forces have killed more than 100 militants in an assault on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria, Turkey’s president said on Thursday, as heavy shelling...
Syrian Kurdish official warns of Islamic State jail break
A senior Kurdish official warned on Thursday that Islamic State militants could break out of prisons in northeast Syria as fighting intensifies between the Kurdish-led...
Futures edge lower ahead of top-level U.S.-China trade talks
U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Thursday, as high-level negotiators from the United States and China geared up to meet for the first time...
Peter Handke wins 2019 Nobel literature prize, Olga Tokarczuk wins for 2018
Austria’s Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the postponed 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said...
The man behind Greta’s death metal mashup
A viral remix of Greta Thunberg’s U.N. speech was created by New York-based musician and producer John Meredith, whose stage name is John Mollusk....
Off the rails: Hanoi closes railway cafes thronged by selfie-seeking tourists
Authorities have set a weekend deadline for the removal of dozens of Hanoi’s railway cafes, citing safety concerns....
Pakistan says Khan could visit Saudi, Iran, after U.S. mediation request
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit Saudi Arabia and Iran, the foreign office in Islamabad said on Thursday, weeks after Islamabad said...
Germany must protect Jewish life, president says after synagogue attack
Germans need to stand together against extremist violence and protect Jewish life, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday after visiting a synagogue where a gunman...