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U.S. sees stronger median household income, less poverty

The median U.S. household income rose last year, its first significant annual increase since 2007, and helped push down the number of people living in poverty to 43.1 million, federal government data released on Tuesday showed. About 29 million people did not have health insurance in 2015,...

Germany arrests 3 Syrians with links to Paris attackers

German police have arrested three Syrian men Tuesday for suspected links to Daesh and Paris attackers, the interior minister has said. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said three suspects arrested Tuesday in northern Germany were believed to have...

Muslim pilgrims stone devil in last Hajj ritual

Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims continued Tuesday the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last major ritual of the Hajj pilgrimage.  Crowds of the pilgrims converged on the Jamrat Bridge in the tent city of Mina to perform the stoning ritual.  Pilgrims hurl seven pebbles for...