The United Nations said Sunday that tens of thousands of people were massed on Turkey’s land border with Greece, after Turkey officially declared its western borders were open to migrants and refugees hoping to head into the European Union. In Syria, Turkish troops shot down two Syrian warplanes after the Syrian military downed a Turkish drone,…

There’s an old story Joe Biden tells about himself, his presidential dreams and an encounter with a Roman Catholic nun. His eternal hope flickers brighter today, with the former vice-president scoring a desperately needed primary win at a critical moment in this year’s election cycle.  Biden once described speaking to a group of students back when…

Joe Biden scored a thundering victory Saturday in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on the strength of support from black voters, a decisive win that could force moderate rivals out of the race and blunt the rise of progressive leader Bernie Sanders. Biden’s win came at a perilous moment in his 2020 bid as he needed…

Amid fears about where the next outbreak of a fast-spreading new virus would appear, infections and deaths continued to rise across the globe Sunday, emptying streets of tourists and workers, shaking economies and rewriting the realities of daily life. Panic-buying of daily necessities emerged in Japan, tourist sites across Asia, Europe and the Mideast were…

The latest:  Iran says ‘tens of thousands’ may get tested for coronavirus. Bahrain threatens ‘legal proceedings’ against those who return from Iran without being tested. Total accumulated number of confirmed cases in Italy has risen to 888. South Korea reports 813 new cases.  Growing cluster on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. Ontario reports a 8th case,…

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday temporarily halted a Trump administration policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on the two policies that are central to President Donald Trump’s asylum crackdown, dealing the…