Category Archives: World
7.1 million Venezuelans vote in opposition referendum
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan’s opposition said more than 7.1 million people responded to its call to vote Sunday in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro’s plan to rewrite th...
Jul 16, 2017
Report: UAE behind hacking of Qatari media
WASHINGTON - The United Arab Emirates orchestrated the hacking of a Qatari government news site in May, planting a false story that was used as a pretext for the current crisis between Qatar and sever...
Jul 16, 2017
S. Korea offers talks on tension, family reunions with North
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea offered Monday to talk with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. ItR...
Jul 16, 2017
Separate attacks target Pakistan paramilitary force, kill 3
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Separate bombings targeted members of Pakistan’s paramilitary border force on Monday, killing at least three troops and wounding eight, officials said. In the first attack, ...
Jul 16, 2017
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89
LOS ANGELES - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible,” then capped a long and versatile career w...
Jul 16, 2017
George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77
NEW YORK - George Romero, whose classic “Night of the Living Dead” and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devouring undead spawn countle...
Jul 16, 2017
NewsAlert: George Romero, pioneering horror-film director who made zombie movies, dies at age 77
LOS ANGELES - George Romero, pioneering horror-film director who made zombie movies, dies at age 77. The Associated Press
Jul 16, 2017
Bassist for metal band Adrenaline Mob dies in Florida wreck
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The bassist for the metal band Adrenaline Mob was killed in a three-car accident on a Florida highway that injured seven others. The Florida Highway Patrol says David Zablidowsky d...
Jul 16, 2017
Arizona flash flood kills 9 relatives celebrating birthday
TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. - The flash flood that killed nine people in an Arizona river canyon began its deadly descent as an impressive but avoidable surge of churning water, black with cinders fr...
Jul 16, 2017
'War for the Planet of the Apes' roars past 'Spider-Man'
NEW YORK - Monkey business still pays. “War for the Planet of the Apes” took down “Spider-Man: Homecoming” at the North American box office, opening with an estimated $56.5 mil...
Jul 16, 2017
