Category Archives: World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince hopes to transform the kingdom and modernize society, but the planned execution of 14 Shiite protesters charged with violence agains...

MANSHIYEH, Jordan - Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot in a school. Instead, he has put in 12-hour shifts in a supermarket, a fast ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A Massachusetts police officer is facing disciplinary action for writing “Hahahaha love this” on Facebook in response to a story about a car striking and killing a cou...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Tensions between the United States and North Korea tend to flare suddenly and fade almost as quickly - but the latest escalation won’t likely go away quite so easily....

MILWAUKEE - A British cybersecurity researcher credited with helping curb a recent worldwide ransomware attack pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of creating malicious software ...

DANVERS, Mass. - No, a live alligator was not lurking by the side of a Massachusetts highway this weekend: It was just a plastic toy. The Salem News (http://bit.ly/2w3mn06 ) reports that police in Dan...

DENVER - Four years after Taylor Swift tried to handle her groping allegation against a radio station DJ quietly, the pop superstar got a very public victory Monday with a jury’s verdict that sh...

LONDON - Five versions of a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece are being reunited for the first time in a “virtual exhibition.” Van Gogh painted his “Sunflowers” series in the south ...

DENVER - A jury on Monday started considering Taylor Swift’s allegation that a former radio host groped her during a meet-and-greet before a concert and whether the singer’s mother and her...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Mudslides and torrential flooding killed more than 300 people in and around Sierra Leone’s capital early Monday following heavy rains, with many victims trapped in homes...