The secretary of state said he was trying to expel “lunatics” who had taken part in campus movements, as well as criminals. Some are permanent U.S. residents.

The split between Europe and the United States over how to end the war is exposing a new, disorienting reality for an alliance in trouble.

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be thousands dead.

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.

The attack in the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, was the first since a truce went into effect in November.

The 7.7.-magnitude quake caused havoc across a swath of Southeast Asia. Three deaths were reported in Bangkok, where a skyscraper that was under construction collapsed.

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen.

Protests are raging in Turkey after the arrest of the country’s most prominent opposition politician.

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for a while, to recover.

The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.