Category Archives: World
Jailed Venezuela opposition leader Lopez given house arrest
CARACAS, Venezuela - Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was released from prison and placed under house arrest Saturday after more than three years in a military lockup, a shock reversal by the governme...
Jul 08, 2017
Trump, Asian allies seek counter to North Korean 'menace'
HAMBURG - Wrapping up his second European tour, President Donald Trump searched for consensus with Asian allies Saturday on how to counter the “menace” of North Korea after its test-launch...
Jul 08, 2017
South Syria truce to allay Jordan, Israel fears about Iran
AMMAN, Jordan - A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighbouring Jordan and Israel about Iranian military ambitions in the ...
Jul 08, 2017
India puts Kashmir in lockdown on rebel's death anniversary
SRINAGAR, India - Residents in Indian-controlled Kashmir clashed with government forces Saturday as they defied a stringent curfew on the anniversary of the killing of a charismatic rebel leader whose...
Jul 08, 2017
Al-Shabab beheads 9 civilians in attack on Kenya village
NAIROBI, Kenya - Al-Shabab extremists from neighbouring Somalia beheaded nine civilians in an attack on a village in Kenya’s southeast early Saturday, officials said, adding to growing concerns ...
Jul 08, 2017
Ex-judo star poised to win Mongolia presidential runoff
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - A populist business tycoon and former judo star is poised to take down the Mongolian ruling party’s candidate in a runoff election for president. Preliminary results Satu...
Jul 08, 2017
8th body pulled from the rubble in Italy building collapse
MILAN - Firefighters and police in Italy on Saturday pulled the eighth and final body from the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed in a seaside town south of Naples. The...
Jul 08, 2017
Japan flood deaths rise to 15 with 14 missing
TOKYO - The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan this week has risen to 15, officials said Saturday, as rescue workers reached isolated villages where at least 14 others are missi...
Jul 07, 2017
Peaceful protests mark end of G-20 summit hours after riots
HAMBURG - Tens of thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg on Saturday, hours after masked rioters clashed with police, burned cars...
Jul 07, 2017
US bombers join jets from Japan, SKorea for training mission
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Two U.S. bombers flew to the Korean Peninsula to join fighter jets from South Korea and Japan for a practice bombing run as part of a training mission in response to North ...
Jul 07, 2017
