Category Archives: World
Landslide buries homes and bus in western Guatemala; 11 dead
GUATEMALA CITY - Part of a waterlogged hillside broke loose and slammed into homes and vehicles in western Guatemala early Tuesday, killing 11 people. The landslide buried two houses, a small bus and ...
Jun 20, 2017
Bill Cosby judge to rule Wednesday on releasing juror names
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The judge who presided over Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial will decide Wednesday whether to identify jurors who deadlocked in the case after a week of deliberations. Judge S...
Jun 20, 2017
Adele visits London firefighters after tower block blaze
London’s fire department posted photos of Adele meeting with firefighters to offer support following a devastating fire in the borough that is believed to have killed 79 people. It posted the pi...
Jun 20, 2017
Paris: 4 family members detained after Champs-Elysees attack
PARIS - French police detained four family members of a man who was killed after ramming his car into a Paris police convoy, as authorities struggled Tuesday to explain how the Champs-Elysees attacker...
Jun 20, 2017
Portugal tries to contain fatal fires, debunks plane crash
LISBON, Portugal - Emergency services in Portugal said Tuesday they were making good progress in controlling a major wildfire that killed 64 people in the central area of the country, while officials ...
Jun 20, 2017
Taliban kill 8 Afghan guards working at US base;
KABUL - Taliban gunmen opened fire on Afghan security guards in the country’s northern Parwan province, killing at least eight guards, a provincial official and the insurgents said Tuesday. Else...
Jun 20, 2017
Uganda, UN seek $8 billion for South Sudanese refugees
KAMPALA, Uganda - Uganda’s government and the United Nations are appealing for $8 billion to deal with the crisis of refugees from South Sudan. In a statement on World Refugee Day, the U.N. chil...
Jun 20, 2017
Macron adds new faces to Cabinet after losing 4 ministers
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron brought several little-known figures into his government Wednesday as part of a reshuffle after corruption scandals started tarnishing his young Cabinet. Macro...
Jun 20, 2017
Police: Brutal slaying near mosque stemmed from road rage
A morning of prayer and reflection in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ended in tragedy when 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen left her mosque with friends for a pre-dawn meal and was attacked with a baseba...
Jun 20, 2017
German authorities act against 36 for online hate speech
BERLIN - German authorities are taking action against 36 people suspected of posting hate speech online, most of them accused of far-right incitement. The Federal Criminal Police Office said police ac...
Jun 20, 2017
