OAXACA, Mexico – A rain-soaked hillside crumbled and crushed an elderly couple in their home Thursday, and rescuers found more bodies buried by earlier landslides, raising the death toll from a series of slides in southern Mexico to at least 32. In the worst disaster, a mudslide surged into a community in Chiapas state Wednesday, [...]
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea introduced its heir apparent to the world Thursday, a chubby-faced young man with a serious expression, combed back hair cut high and tight on the sides and wearing a communist-style black suit. State media published the first official images of Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of leader Kim [...]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan closed the Khyber Pass supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan after a coalition helicopter attack mistakenly killed three Pakistani soldiers at a border post Thursday, raising tensions in a vital relationship for both Islamabad and Washington. NATO said its helicopters entered Pakistani airspace and hit a target only after [...]
QUITO, Ecuador – Soldiers are moving in on the hospital where Ecuador’s president has been surrounded by rebellious police in an apparent attempt to rescue the leader. Dozens of soldiers fired their weapons and detonated what appeared to be a percussion bomb, then rushed into the hospital where President Rafael Correa has been treated since [...]
CHICAGO – White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is set to give up his influential national post Friday to begin a run for Chicago mayor, a job he has long coveted but won’t win unless he persuades voters he’s still one of them. People close to Emanuel said he will fly home over the [...]