Category Archives: World

BEIJING - China has pre-emptively hit back at the United States for speaking “irresponsibly” ahead of an expected Trump administration move to name China among the world’s worst huma...

MUNICH - U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday that America will continue to provide weapons to Syrian Kurdish fighters after the battle to oust Islamic State militants from Raqqa, Syria, is ...

WASHINGTON - Democrats are out to capitalize on what they believe is growing public sentiment that President Donald Trump, the richest man to call the White House home, is turning his back on the peop...

PARIS - France’s newly elected lawmakers, most of them from President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist party, took part in their first parliamentary session Tuesday. Macron’s 14-month-old ...

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-left rivals said Tuesday they would seek a parliamentary vote this week on legalizing gay marriage after the German leader backed off her conservatives...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia is demolishing centuries-old homes in a Shiite town, levelling a historic district that officials say has become a hideout for local militants. The destructi...

BERLIN - German leaders and lawmakers are paying tribute to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who spearheaded the country’s reunification during 16 years at the helm, in a requiem Mass at Berlin...

FRESNO, Calif. - Regulators in California took a pivotal step on Monday toward becoming the first state to require the popular weed killer Roundup to come with a label warning that it’s known to...

TOKYO - The U.S. Navy paid tribute on Tuesday to seven sailors who were killed when their destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Japan. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said more than 2,000 sailors and ...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Mongolia will hold its first runoff election for president next month after none of the candidates attained the necessary majority in Monday’s voting. Democratic Party ca...