RadioBDC Logo
Babel | Mumford & Sons Listen Live

Weather Finder

Forecasts for 3,000 cities worldwide
Search by name: Enter city only, not city and country

COMMUNITY

DISCUSSIONS
All News discussions There are some changes to our forums
Helpful links
Contact the Globe:
To reach the Foreign desk,
call 617-929-3125.

World news video

9/11 10th anniversary: Remembering the attacks of September 11, 2001
9/11 anniversary

9/11 anniversary

Look back on the attacks at the World Trade Center and more.
Osama bin Laden killed

Osama bin Laden killed

Coverage of the US raid and death of Osama bin Laden.
Japan earthquake

Japan earthquake

Coverage of the disaster and tsunami.
Earthquake in Haiti

Earthquake in Haiti

Coverage of the disaster, and recovery.

Resources and Aid

City of Boston emergency resource center
150 Mount Vernon St.(near north end of Morrissey blvd.)
Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 617-284-1199

US State Department help line
for missing US citizen family members
1-888-407-4747

Japan Consulate in Boston
infocul@cgjbos.org
617-973-9772

Haitian Consulate in Boston
Marie Andrine, Consul Général
617-266-3660
Syrian camp takes on the trappings of permanence, including overcrowded classrooms for school-aged children Children confined to the Bab al-Salam camp for internally...

LATEST WORLD NEWS

  • Egypt: 5 ministers meet to consider resignation

    CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's official news agency says five cabinet ministers are meeting to consider resigning their posts and joining the mass protests calling on the Islamist president to step down.(   07/01/2013 8:33 AM )

  • Egypt: 5 ministers meet to consider resignation

    CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's official news agency says five cabinet ministers are meeting to consider resigning their posts and joining the mass protests calling on the Islamist president to step down.(   07/01/2013 8:33 AM )

  • Bank of England's new governor starts work

    LONDON (AP) -- Canadian Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England in its 319-year history, has started work amid hopes that he can help revive the economy.(   07/01/2013 8:31 AM )

  • Egypt: 5 ministers meet to consider resignation

    CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's official news agency says five cabinet ministers are meeting to consider resigning their posts and joining the mass protests calling on the Islamist president to step down.(   07/01/2013 8:31 AM )

  • Egypt: 5 ministers meet to consider resignation

    CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's official news agency says five cabinet ministers are meeting to consider resigning their posts and joining the mass protests calling on the Islamist president to step down.(   07/01/2013 8:29 AM )

  • Obama, Bush to join together in Africa

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) -- A world away from America's political battles and the house they've both inhabited, President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush are preparing to join together in Tanzania to honor Americans killed in an embassy bombing nearly 15 years ago.(   07/01/2013 8:28 AM )

  • HK protests for Beijing-backed leader to resign

    HONG KONG (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers took to the streets in protest Monday, demanding their widely disliked Beijing-backed leader resign and pressing for promised democratic reforms so they can choose their own top representative.(   07/01/2013 8:26 AM )

  • Key events in Egypt's revolution and transition

    CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptians are gearing up for another day of large demonstrations Monday, a day after millions marched in the streets demanding the removal of President Mohammed Morsi on the anniversary of his inauguration. Protest organizers have given the president until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to step down. Morsi's Islamist supporters, meanwhile, are vowing to defend him.(   07/01/2013 8:17 AM )

  • Germany: no charges over German killed by drone

    BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors say they won't file charges over the death of a German Islamic militant who was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan because they've decided he was a combatant in an armed conflict.(   07/01/2013 8:16 AM )

  • WHO: Treat people with HIV early to stop spread

    LONDON (AP) -- Young children and certain other people with the AIDS virus should be started on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed, the World Health Organization says in new guidelines that also recommend earlier treatment for adults.(   07/01/2013 8:11 AM )

  • Hachette Book Group to acquire Disney's Hyperion

    PARIS (AP) -- Hachette Book Group, a division of French publishing giant Hachette Livre, says it's buying Disney's Hyperion, in a deal that will significantly expand HBG's backlist with about 1,000 books and a list of forthcoming titles from authors including actor Ethan Hawke.(   07/01/2013 8:02 AM )

  • Obama, Bush to meet in Tanzania

    DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush will meet while both leaders are in Tanzania.(   07/01/2013 8:35 AM )

  • Vatican monsignor questioned in corruption plot

    ROME (AP) -- A Vatican monsignor arrested in a 20 million euro ($26 million) corruption plot has been questioned by Italian magistrates for the first time and has asked for house arrest.(   07/01/2013 7:50 AM )

  • Policeman, rebel killed in Indian Kashmir fighting

    SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- A policeman and a militant were killed in a gunbattle in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, as shops and businesses remained closed in the disputed region to protest the killing of two people by the army.(   07/01/2013 7:49 AM )

  • Jordan air force pilot joins Syrian rebels

    AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Relatives of a Jordanian air force pilot say he has joined al-Qaida affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, which is fighting in Syria to oust President Bashar Assad.(   07/01/2013 7:46 AM )

Sign up for: