Airstrike Hits Afghan Hospital, Killing at Least 3

Airstrike Hits Afghan Hospital, Killing at Least 3
Obama Sees Russia Failing in Syria Effort
School Spirit May Be Metaphysical for South Korean Baseball Players
Australian Teenager’s Attack on Police Worker Called Act of Terrorism
A Snapshot of Students Lost: Young and Old, but All Striving
As Syria Reels, Israel Looks to Expand Settlements in Golan Heights
U.S. Studies Moving Guantánamo Detainees to Colorado Prison
Brazil’s President Takes Steps on Austerity
In Note Left Behind, Gunman ‘Did Not Like His Lot in Life,’ Officials Say
World Briefing: Guatemala: Hundreds Are Missing After Mudslide
Grim Jobs Report Is Likely to Delay a Move by the Fed on Rates
Archbishop at Center of Mystery of Papal Meeting With Kim Davis
Italian Lab Battles ‘Not to Lose the Dead’ From Migrant Ships
Fashion Review: Alexander Wang’s Finale at Balenciaga
Before Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, He Met With Gay Ex-Student
Tensions High in West Bank After Killing of Israeli Settler Couple
How Australia, Britain and Canada Have Responded to Gun Violence
U.S. Strikes in Afghanistan Try to Cut Taliban Momentum
Ex-Student Says He Met With Pope Francis

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 10:51 PM PDT

A U.S. military statement said "there may have been collateral damage" to a medical facility in Kunduz, while Doctors Without Borders said a hospital had been badly damaged and staff members remained missing.

Obama Sees Russia Failing in Syria Effort

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 08:49 PM PDT

Russia showed no hint of heeding Western demands to avoid bombing of fighters pushing to oust Syria's weakened, Kremlin-backed president, Bashar al-Assad.

School Spirit May Be Metaphysical for South Korean Baseball Players

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 08:15 PM PDT

There seems to be a rare energy at Gwangju Jeil High School, which has produced four of the 16 Korea natives to play in the majors, including the Pirates' Jung Ho Kang.

Australian Teenager’s Attack on Police Worker Called Act of Terrorism

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 08:15 PM PDT

A 15-year-old killed a civilian police employee outside Police Headquarters in a suburb of Sydney on Friday.

A Snapshot of Students Lost: Young and Old, but All Striving

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 07:33 PM PDT

An instructor and eight students from various walks of life and ages were remembered as an Oregon community tried to come to grips with a mass shooting.

As Syria Reels, Israel Looks to Expand Settlements in Golan Heights

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 07:26 PM PDT

With Syria "disintegrating" after years of civil war, some Israelis argue, it is hard to imagine a stable state to which the territory seized in the 1967 war could be returned.

U.S. Studies Moving Guantánamo Detainees to Colorado Prison

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 06:44 PM PDT

The Pentagon notified lawmakers from Colorado that it will study whether a prison in Florence could be used to relocate detainees from Guantánamo.

Brazil’s President Takes Steps on Austerity

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 06:35 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff is scrambling to reassemble a fragmented coalition as her governing Workers Party reels from a bribery scandal.

In Note Left Behind, Gunman ‘Did Not Like His Lot in Life,’ Officials Say

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:58 PM PDT

Investigators said they had found a typed statement several pages long, written by the gunman, describing his life like a deck of cards stacked against him.

World Briefing: Guatemala: Hundreds Are Missing After Mudslide

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:35 PM PDT

At least 26 people died and as many as 600 people were missing after a huge mudslide near Guatemala City.

Grim Jobs Report Is Likely to Delay a Move by the Fed on Rates

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 05:30 PM PDT

The Labor Department reported a gain of 142,000 jobs in September, and the August figure was revised downward, though unemployment remained at 5.1 percent.

Archbishop at Center of Mystery of Papal Meeting With Kim Davis

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:54 PM PDT

The Vatican is suggesting that Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the envoy to the United States, initiated papal face time for the Kentucky clerk.

Italian Lab Battles ‘Not to Lose the Dead’ From Migrant Ships

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:36 PM PDT

Since 2014, a laboratory at the University of Milan has been working to give names to those hundreds of unidentified migrants who have drowned at sea.

Fashion Review: Alexander Wang’s Finale at Balenciaga

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 04:21 PM PDT

The designer never quite left his mark on the label.

Before Pope Francis Met Kim Davis, He Met With Gay Ex-Student

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 01:24 PM PDT

A gay man, a former student of Francis, met the pope before the Kentucky clerk did, and the Vatican said the meeting with Ms. Davis was not an endorsement of her views.

Tensions High in West Bank After Killing of Israeli Settler Couple

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 12:54 PM PDT

The Israeli military deployed four infantry battalions in the West Bank to search for the suspects as settlers held protests and clashes broke out with Palestinians.

How Australia, Britain and Canada Have Responded to Gun Violence

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 12:10 PM PDT

In all three countries, mass killings have had a mobilizing effect and resulted in changes to laws and regulations.

U.S. Strikes in Afghanistan Try to Cut Taliban Momentum

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 11:01 AM PDT

The American military conducted two airstrikes of Taliban positions in remote corner of the country as Taliban fighters took over a pair of district centers.

Ex-Student Says He Met With Pope Francis

Posted: 02 Oct 2015 09:45 AM PDT

Yayo Grassi, a gay man in Washington, says he was given a papal audience on Sept. 23. Mr. Grassi, the man on the left wearing glasses, was accompanied by his partner of 19 years, Iwan Bagus.