Category Archives: World
No Russia collusion, 'nothing to hide,' Kushner tells Senate
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner answered questions from Senate investigators for hours behind closed doors Monday, acknowledging four meetings with Rus...
Jul 24, 2017
China warns India of its 'resolve' amid border standoff
BEIJING - China on Monday warned India not to “push your luck” by underestimating Beijing’s determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign Chinese territory, amid an ongoing ...
Jul 24, 2017
Abe denies abusing influence in Japan favouritism scandal
TOKYO - Grilled by opposition lawmakers as approval ratings for his Cabinet sink, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday repeated his denials that he misused his influence to help a friend in a ...
Jul 24, 2017
Israel says guard at Amman embassy shot after being attacked
JERUSALEM - Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that a security guard at the country’s embassy in Jordan opened fire, killing two Jordanians, after being attacked by one of them with ...
Jul 24, 2017
Israel removes metal detectors from holy site entrance
JERUSALEM - Israel began removing metal detectors from entrances to a major Jerusalem shrine early Tuesday morning to defuse a crisis over the site that angered the Muslim world and triggered some of ...
Jul 24, 2017
Afghan security scrutinized after suicide bomber kills 24
KABUL - A Taliban suicide bomber killed 24 people in a horrific early morning assault in a neighbourhood where prominent politicians reside, causing residents and analysts to question the government&#...
Jul 24, 2017
A vacant White House job: first pet
WASHINGTON - Politically ambitious pups and kittens: Put your resumes aside. The job of first pet - an enviable White House gig with luxurious live-in privileges, after-hours access to the president a...
Jul 24, 2017
A frustrated Trump lashes out at Republicans
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expressing his frustration with fellow Republicans, saying they “do very little to protect their President.” In one of several tweets issued Sunday a...
Jul 24, 2017
Mexican agents capture member of Jalisco cartel in Cancun
MEXICO CITY - Mexican military and police forces say they have captured a member of the Jalisco cartel suspected of being behind a shooting attack on the office of prosecutors in Cancun. The attack in...
Jul 23, 2017
McCain making dramatic Senate return for crucial health vote
WASHINGTON - John McCain will make a dramatic return to the Senate for a make-or-break vote on Republican health care legislation Tuesday just days after getting diagnosed with brain cancer, giving an...
Jul 23, 2017
