Concerns over Brazil's World Cup preparations took a deadly turn on Thursday after a partially finished highway overpass collapsed on a road below, killing at least two people and wounding at least 22 others in the southern city of Belo Horizonte, near one of ...

The slack in the U.S. jobs market is getting taken in at a faster clip. The Labor Department on Thursday reported the economy added 288,000 jobs in June. With upward revisions to April and May figures, there were 1.4 million jobs gained in the first half of ...

TEL AVIV—Israel authorities were delaying the release of the body of a Palestinian teenager for burial to prevent more street clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces, a relative of the boy said Thursday. With nerves already on edge in Jerusalem ...

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a defense facility. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. TOKYO—Japan said Thursday it would lift some ...

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a defense facility. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. TOKYO—Japan said Thursday it would lift some ...

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a defense facility. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. TOKYO—Japan said Thursday it would lift some ...

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a defense facility. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. TOKYO—Japan said Thursday it would lift some ...

Refugees from Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions during a stopover June 26 at Artek summer holiday center on their way to other Russian cities. Zuma Press. DMITRIADOVKA, Russia—When the neighbor's dog was killed by artillery fire, it was time to ...

Halep, the 22-year-old French Open finalist and third ranked player in the world, advanced to her first Wimbledon semifinal on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Sabine Lisicki, last year's finalist here. Halep won the final 11 games of the match and left ...

MOSCOW—Ukraine pressed ahead with a military offensive against pro-Russia militants in the east Wednesday, saying it has inflicted heavy losses since the operation resumed but that rebels are still attacking border checkpoints. Kiev is pushing to oust the ...

BAGHDAD—Iraq's newly elected parliament will take a critical first step Tuesday to forge a new leadership that will try to stem the sectarian conflict threatening the country with disintegration. Legislators convene for the first time to choose a parliament speaker ...

LONDON—The U.K. government apologized Thursday for facilitating decades of alleged abuse by the late British Broadcasting Corp. celebrity Jimmy Savile, admitting that it failed patients in state-run hospitals by allowing the accused sexual predator easy ...

A search map provided in the Australian government's "Definition of Underwater Search Areas" report. Australian Transport Safety Bureau. SYDNEY—The hunt for Malaysia Airlines 3786.KU +5.13% Malaysian Airline System Bhd Malaysia RM0.20 +0.01 ...

Ecuador's Walter Ayovi reacts after their draw with France at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro that saw his team eliminated from the World Cup. Reuters. Rio de Janeiro. For two weeks, South America had succeeded in turning the 2014 World Cup into ...

Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's effort to reach out to African Americans and other Democratic-leaning groups in Mississippi to salvage his political career has drawn an angry response from his conservative opponent. But to some other Republicans, and to ...

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing St. on his way to Parliament Wednesday. Getty Images. LONDON--Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday was forced to parry accusations that he had ignored warnings before hiring disgraced ...

Joel Matip's goal in Cameroon's 4-1 loss to Brazil on Monday didn't count for much in the general context of the 2014 World Cup. It wasn't enough to keep Cameroon from losing a third straight game or to prevent his team from being eliminated. But in finding ...

SÃO PAULO—Protesters in Brazil's largest city damaged a car dealership and other businesses Thursday as a gathering for the anniversary of demonstrations last year turned violent. Military police confirmed that 1,300 people took part in the protest.

So President Obama now says he will send "up to 300" military advisers to Iraq to help reverse the advance of al Qaeda, but not to do any fighting. He may agree to air strikes, but only "if and when" the situation absolutely requires it. Though the immediate ...

PARIS—French President François Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a joint telephone call to help implement a cease-fire in Eastern Ukraine, the French government said in a statement ...