Category Archives: World

DAMASCUS, Syria - Pro-government forces captured the Islamic State group’s last stronghold in the energy-rich Homs province in central Syria on Sunday, paving the way to advance on the besieged ...

DENVER - With Taylor Swift looking on, potential jurors in her lawsuit against an ex-Denver radio host were asked Monday if they had ever been inappropriately touched or wrongly accused of groping som...

KABUL - An Afghan official says that at least 30 people including women and children have been killed by Taliban fighters in northern Sari Pul province. Zahir Wahdat, the provincial governor for Sari ...

VALENCIA, Venezuela - Soldiers battled for three hours Sunday morning against a small band of anti-government fighters who snuck onto a Venezuelan army base, apparently intent on fomenting an uprising...

AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms that included the landmark “no-pass, no-play” policy for high school athletes, has died. He...

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $...

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations - UN Security Council votes unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea including banning $1 billion in exports. The Canadian Press

ROME - A 30-year-old man has been arrested in the alleged kidnapping of a young British model who thought she was coming to Milan for a photo shoot, but instead was drugged, hustled away in a suitcase...

JERUSALEM - Israel’s justice minister says even if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted on corruption charges he is not compelled to resign. Ayelet Shaked tells Israel’s Channel 2...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes the Aug. 21 eclipse so special is that it w...