Category Archives: World

PHOENIX - Alan Schwandt was rushing to his second job of the day when his phone rang with another desperate Phoenix homeowner calling about a broken air conditioner in the midst of a scorching heat wa...

PHOENIX - The first day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be cancelled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers t...

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group is in retreat across Syria and Iraq, and the contours of a new conflict among the array of parties battling it are already starting to appear. The U.S. military shot d...

DUNWOODY, Ga. - Republican Karen Handel won a nationally watched congressional election Tuesday in Georgia, and she thanked President Donald Trump after she avoided an upset that would have rocked Was...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Actress and U.N. refugee agency special envoy Angelina Jolie on Tuesday denounced the impunity with which rape is committed in conflict zones and the mistreatment of vulnerable women ...

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are easing lower in midday trading on Wall Street, a day after big gains from tech companies pushed indexes to thei...

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain said Tuesday that Americans who are “stupid” enough to still want to travel to North Korea should be required to sign a waiver absolving the U.S. government o...

BIDI BIDI, Uganda - Scores of thousands fled the violence of South Sudan’s civil war with little but their faith. Now, in the world’s largest refugee settlement, they are improvising churc...

WASHINGTON - Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a new poll shows, and just 18 per cent of respondents agree wit...

LONDON - British regulators charged Barclays bank and four former executives, including then-CEO John Varley, with conspiracy to commit fraud when they asked Qatar for a cash infusion to avoid a gover...