Category Archives: World

SOUF, Jordan - The odds had been stacked against Hajar, a lion cub born just hours after her mother Dana, rescued from a defunct zoo in war-torn Syria, was released into a wildlife reserve in Jordan. ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday to protest what he charged were rigged elections that gave victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The g...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Disney created limited-edition merchandise for two theme park rides that are closing. The Great Movie Ride and Ellen’s Energy Adventure will stop running at Walt Disney World aft...

BERLIN - A leader of Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD party says it won’t distribute campaign posters with the slogan “Islam? Doesn’t fit with our cuisine” written above a pi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A town hall meeting with former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who now heads an opposition coalition, was marred by violence Sunday, with several people hurling fl...

ROME - A second humanitarian group in two days has reluctantly decided to suspend migrant rescues in the Mediterranean Sea due to Libyan threats, and other charities with rescue ships on Sunday were c...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A renegade leader of Somalia’s Islamic extremist insurgents, al-Shabab, has surrendered to the government. Mukhtar Robow was flown to Mogadishu Sunday from Hudur in southwes...

DHARAMSALA, India - Soldiers and rescue workers in northern India pulled out 13 bodies from two buses buried in mud from a landslide that was triggered Sunday by heavy monsoon rains. Police said more ...

TEHRAN, Iran - More than 470 people suffered respiratory and other symptoms after a chlorine gas leak in southern Iran, state media reported Sunday. The report said 475 victims were taken to local hos...

SRINAGAR, India - Three Kashmiri rebels and two Indian soldiers have been killed in a fierce gunbattle in the disputed Himalayan region, police said Sunday. The fighting erupted Saturday after Indian ...