Category Archives: World
Turkish leader wades into Qatar dispute with Gulf tour
KUWAIT CITY - Turkey’s president waded into the diplomatic crisis gripping Qatar and four other Arab nations on Sunday, travelling to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as part of a three-country Gulf tour...
Jul 23, 2017
BBC women want wide gender pay gap fixed now, not in 3 years
LONDON - Some of the BBC’s most prominent female journalists and TV presenters are banding together to demand that the broadcaster fix its wide gender pay gap immediately rather than in several ...
Jul 23, 2017
No butts about it: tiger and goat cohabitate
MOSCOW - A neglectful mother whose partner’s unusual lifestyle became a sensation has taken over her mate’s home with an odd companion of her own. This isn’t lurid reality TV. ItR...
Jul 23, 2017
Immigrants wept, pleaded for water and pounded on the truck
SAN ANTONIO - The tractor-trailer was pitch-black inside, crammed with maybe 90 immigrants or more, and already hot when it left the Texas border town of Laredo for the 150-mile trip north to San Anto...
Jul 23, 2017
Israeli security Cabinet meets to review policy at shrine
JERUSALEM - Israel’s security Cabinet met Sunday to review a decision to install metal detectors at a contested Jerusalem holy site, following a week of escalating tensions with the Muslim world...
Jul 23, 2017
Officials: Taliban seize 2 districts, kill wounded police
KABUL - Taliban fighters overran a second district headquarters in as many days on Sunday, this one in western Ghor province, the provincial police chief said. At least eight police were killed in sep...
Jul 23, 2017
Creators, cast of 'Stranger Things' debut season 2 trailer
SAN DIEGO - The creators of “Stranger Things” premiered a trailer for the show’s second season at Comic-Con on Saturday that was so new, even the cast hadn’t seen it. The Duffe...
Jul 22, 2017
Princes William, Harry remember their final call with Diana
LONDON - It was a typical phone call between two boys and their mother, who was on vacation in France. It was brief - the boys wanted to get back to playing with their cousins, not spend time on the p...
Jul 22, 2017
Lawmakers herald agreement on sweeping Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans and Democrats announced Saturday they had reached an agreement on a sweeping Russia sanctions package to punish Moscow for meddling in the presidential election ...
Jul 22, 2017
Alum David Letterman donates hundreds of items to Ball State
MUNCIE, Ind. - Ball State University alum and comedian David Letterman has donated more than 1,000 memorabilia items — including 15 Emmy Awards he won as talk show host — to the eastern In...
Jul 22, 2017
