The province of Südtirol is a place of legends, jagged peaks, changing skies and a famous ancient iceman. Our columnist, Jada Yuan, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2018 list. This dispatch brings her to Südtirol; it took the No. 50 spot on the list and is the 36th stop on Jada’s itinerary. […]

More than 380 people have been confirmed dead after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit an Indonesian city on Friday. Waves up to 3m (10ft) high swept through Palu on Sulawesi island. Video on social media shows people screaming and fleeing in panic and a mosque among the buildings damaged. Strong aftershocks […]

A woman has testified that the man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump carried out a sexual assault 36 years ago that “drastically” affected her life. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Brett Kavanaugh’s attack on her had left her “afraid and ashamed”. Mr Kavanaugh […]

For Capt. Mark Wollmershauser Jr. and the Tulsa Police Department, the late-2000s and early 2010s were an extremely dangerous time. In Oklahoma, a state that is no stranger to the scourge of methamphetamine addiction, those years were the heyday of the “shake and bake” method — a rudimentary way of making meth using just cold […]

Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire at the procession of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard while they marched through the oil-rich city of Ahvaz. LONDON — The crackle of gunfire has ceased, but questions swirl around who carried out an attack on a military parade in southern Iran that left at least 25 people dead. Militants disguised […]

The strongman has blamed White House pressure for a financial crisis that began long before this summer’s spat over detained U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson. BURSA, Turkey — In an ancient city built on money and trade, times are hard. Bursa, the original capital of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey’s fourth-largest city, lay at the heart […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Gunmen fired on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, killing 25 people, almost half of them members of the Revolutionary Guards, state news agencies reported, in one of the worst attacks ever on the elite force. State television said the assault, which wounded more than 60 people, targeted a stand […]

President questioned Christine Blasey Ford’s credibility on Friday and said panel should ‘take the vote’ whether she testifies or not Donald Trump cast doubt on the woman who accused his supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, and on Friday blamed opponents for trying to “destroy” his nominee while chivvying for a vote. After days of restrained […]

  WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump takes the gavel at a United Nations Security Council meeting next week, he will try to pressure other world leaders to crack down on Iran and other countries that violate U.N. decrees against nuclear proliferation. Trump will tell the Security Council that it must find new ways to punish […]

“We regard the provocative actions of Israel as hostile,” Moscow’s Defense Ministry said. LONDON — Moscow accused Israel of “hostile” behavior and threatened retaliation Tuesday after Syria shot down a Russian military aircraft with 15 people on board over the Mediterranean Sea. Russia is an ally of both Syria and Israel. The TASS news agency reported that […]