BRUSSELS – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called on EU countries Wednesday to agree by next week to share 160,000 refugees, warning that Greece, Italy and Hungary can no longer cope alone.In an impassioned appeal at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Juncker unveiled…

An American woman who had traveled to Nepal to help those affected by April's deadly earthquake was beaten to death last month, Nepali officials said this weekend. Dahlia Yehia, 25, had been in Nepal since July 20 and was renting a room in Pokhara, northwest…

Russia's Foreign Ministry disclosed early Wednesday that Russian military experts are assisting forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in that country's long-running civil war.The statement by Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova to Reuters marks the first confirmation from Moscow that members of the…

ROSEAU, Dominica – A preliminary assessment of the effects of Tropical Storm Erika on the island of Dominica has found damage to basic infrastructure alone that amounts to nearly half of the small country's GDP, the prime minister said Thursday.Repairs to roads and bridges…

A pair of brothers and two other men have been charged with stealing nearly 1,200 laptops bound for public school students in New Jersey after investigators determined their story about a theft didn't add up.Anton Saljanin, 43, and Gjon Saljanin, 40, were due to…

BANGKOK – Bangkok's laid-back, anything-goes vibe has toughened a bit in the aftermath of last month's deadly bombing in the heart of the city.Security appears tighter, with a more conspicuous contingent of police, soldiers and plainclothes officers patrolling and guarding tourist areas and public…

Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest's main international railway station Wednesday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany and other European Union countries."What we want? Peace! What we need? Peace!" a few hundred migrants chanted…

Employees of public sector banks and government-owned non-life insurance companies would go on strike on Wednesday to protest against the anti-trade union and worker policies of the central government, union leaders said on Tuesday."The strike is against the anti-labour and anti-trade union policies of…

Washington: Pakistan no longer enjoys international support on Kashmir and is unlikely to get an approval for a referendum in the region from the UN Security Council, a former Pakistani envoy to the US has said."Kashmir is an emotive issue in Pakistan because of…

By stacking human cells together like Lego blocks, scientists have found a way to create tiny, 3D models of human tissue.The advance may enable scientists to test customized medicines before injecting them into a patient and, ultimately, to grow whole human organs, the scientists…