Новости за 15.10.2015

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy sent his Portuguese counterpart congratulations on a recent election victory but if Rajoy snares the same kind of win in his own country's election in December, he'll have...

Peru's defense minister announced Wednesday an investigation into allegations of military corruption in the world's No. 1 cocaine-producing valley after The Associated Press reported that the armed forces turned a...

The Federal Reserve says steady consumer spending and an improving housing market spurred modest U.S. economic growth in the late summer, though factory output was sluggish in part because of the strong dollar.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday that the computer systems used to process international travelers at airports across the United States went down for about 90 minutes Wednesday evening.

U.S. airlines have ramped up an aggressive lobbying campaign that seeks nothing less than converting the government from industry regulator to business ally.

Hundreds of Iranian troops are being deployed in northern and central Syria, dramatically escalating Tehran's involvement in the civil war as they join allied Hezbollah fighters in an ambitious offensive to wrest key...

The first U.S. trial to result from a worldwide investigation into the manipulation of interest rates began Wednesday when a prosecutor told jurors that two British former bankers put themselves first at one of the...

A temporary bridge that was part of a construction project collapsed onto one of South Africa's busiest highways on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21 others, South Africa media reported.

The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission has told the U.S. and Afghan governments it's ready to investigate deadly U.S. airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Afghanistan - if they...

A woman who sued her 12-year-old nephew for $127,000 over injuries she received when he exuberantly greeted her at his birthday party four years ago was forced to go to court over her medical bills, her lawyers said...

Next week's parliamentary elections are supposed to move Egypt closer to democracy and end a situation in which Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, first as the country's strongman then as an elected president, has governed for...

A pet hospice once supported by Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities has been shut down for financial mismanagement and ordered sold, the state's attorney general said Wednesday.

The fall months usually keep Dave Bolinger busy. In the height of the season, the owner of Clammer Dave's visits his oyster reefs every day. Right now, he can look and he can touch, but he can’t take them anywhere.

The six candidates competing to be the next mayor of Charleston faced off in the first and only televised debate Wednesday night at the Sottile Theater on the College of Charleston.

During a monthlong wave of violence, many of the Palestinian assailants have come from east Jerusalem - the section of the holy city claimed by Israel and the Palestinians.

A senior council of Iranian clerics and lawyers on Wednesday approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with world powers, sealing the final required step in the process despite hard-liners' efforts to derail it.

A wild bear has wandered through a shopping mall in Russia's Far East before being shot and killed by police. No injuries were reported.

The Rev. John Mosey has advice for relatives seeking justice for their loved ones who died aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17: Don't expect your quest to carry much weight.

It happens about four times a day, right under the nose of Peru's military: A small single-engine plane drops onto a dirt airstrip in the world's No. 1 coca-growing valley, delivers a bundle of cash, picks up more...

House Speaker John Boehner is signaling that he'll move must-do legislation to increase the government's borrowing cap before he leaves Capitol Hill.

During the flood, first responders worked around the clock helping homeowners flee the rushing waters to safety. Now a family-owned business is doing their part to give back.

The latest developments in ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis (all times local):

Tens of thousands of people across the state are in the post-flood recovery phase. A disaster claims center opened Wednesday in North Charleston and started the process of helping people file federal assistance claims.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she will work with members of the General Assembly to help the state recover from the recent floods, but she still sees no need for lawmakers to return for a special session.

A federal appeals court is again weighing the fate of 10 rare gold coins possibly worth $80 million or more that the government says were illegally taken from a Philadelphia mint and wound up in a jeweler's hands.