International

SANTIAGO, Chile — Thousands of Chileans are staging demonstrations to demand changes in the country's pension system, which was once considered a global model.

HAVANA — A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro's place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world's last communist states.

A Japanese resort operator has said it will turn a historic former prison in the western Japanese city of Nara into a luxury hotel...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and...

BAMAKO, Mali — A 10-day state of emergency has been declared in Mali after at least 21 people were killed by terrorists in a Bamako hotel, UN peacekeepers in the West African country said.

By Noah Browning
Reuters

DUBAI — Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in Dubai on Thursday night, but with the block evacuated and only minor injuries reported authorities went ahead with a New Year's fireworks display at the world's tallest building a few hundred meters away.

BEIJING — China's economy grew 6.9 percent in 2015, according to official figures released Tuesday, marking the slowest growth in more than a quarter of a century.

SEOUL — North Korea said on Friday it had detained a U.S. university student for committing a "hostile act" against the country who, if confirmed, would be the third western citizen known to be held currently in the isolated state.

PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal — A raging forest fire in central Portugal killed at least 62 people as they desperately tried to flee, charring cars and trucks as it swept over roads.

NEW YORK — Six months after bursting into the spotlight, the #MeToo movement has toppled scores of men from prominent positions and fueled a national conversation about workplace sexual harassment.