At least 28 people have been killed and nearly 100 injured in a midday blast near the Syrian border. No immediate claim of responsibility has been made.
Japan scrapped the design of the Olympic stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Games because of soaring costs Friday and said it will reopen bidding for a new plan, in a stunning reversal that leaves the 2019 Rugby World Cup without a main venue.
Oskar Groening confessed during his trial to feeling "moral guilt" for serving as an SS sergeant at Auschwitz. On Wednesday, a court ruled that he was guilty of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews and sentenced him to four years in prison.
A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served at Auschwitz death camp was convicted on 300,000 counts of accessorty to murder and sentenced to four years in prison.
Overcoming decades of hostility, Iran, the United States, and five other world powers struck a historic accord Tuesday to check Tehran's nuclear efforts short of building a bomb. The agreement could give Iran access to billions in frozen assets and oil revenue, stave off more U.S. military action in the Middle East and reshape the tumultuous region.
After long, fractious negotiations, world powers and Iran struck a historic deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions
President Obama says the new nuclear deal with Iran allows inspectors unprecedented access to Iran's nuclear facilities, and that the deal is built on verification, not trust.