Category Archives: World
Macron promotes pro-Europe views with other leaders in Paris
PARIS - French president Emmanuel Macron promoted his pro-European views in a series of meetings Friday with leaders of The Netherlands, Spain and Estonia in Paris, as Brexit negotiations are set to s...
Jun 16, 2017
Congo opposition leader to return home to seek presidency
PARIS - A top Congo opposition leader who fled abroad last year vowed Friday to return home soon to seek the presidency in long-delayed elections, while a group of former African leaders warned of an ...
Jun 16, 2017
Trial of mother of Thai student dissident begins
BANGKOK - Testimony began Friday in the trial of a prominent Thai student dissident’s mother who faces up to 20 years in prison for writing the word “yeah” in a Facebook conversation...
Jun 16, 2017
Tip helps nab wanted polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs
PIERRE, S.D. - Polygamous leader Lyle Jeffs’ one-year run from justice was ended by pliers, sharp-eyed pawn shop workers and an astute off-duty detective in a small town in South Dakota. The eve...
Jun 16, 2017
Police: 3 teen cadets take cruisers, patrol LA until caught
LOS ANGELES - Three teenagers in a program for those who may want to become officers stole three Los Angeles Police Department vehicles and went on patrol around the city before leading authorities on...
Jun 16, 2017
Phish drummer wins local election in Maine hometown
LINCOLNVILLE, Maine - The drummer for the jam band Phish has been elected to his Maine town’s Board of Selectmen. Jon Fishman will take a place on Lincolnville’s five-seat board after winn...
Jun 16, 2017
Kenya official: Roadside bomb kills 4 people; 11 wounded
NAIROBI, Kenya - An improvised explosive device killed four people in a passenger vehicle in northern Kenya in a suspected extremist attack, an official said Friday, as fears grew that the al-Shabab e...
Jun 16, 2017
Police arrest man with knife outside UK Parliament
London police said Friday a man with a knife has been arrested near the House of Commons in London. There were no injuries and the incident is not thought to be terror-related. Friday’s incident...
Jun 16, 2017
Court: 'JudgeCutie' nickname doesn't ruffle judicial dignity
JACKSON, Miss. - A Mississippi jurist can call herself “JudgeCutie” without ruffling the dignity of the legal profession. That’s what the Mississippi Supreme Court says, in one of it...
Jun 16, 2017
Dutch judge rejects extension of terror suspect's detention
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch investigating judge on Friday refused to prolong the detention of a radicalized man who is suspected by prosecutors of “possible involvement in making preparatio...
Jun 16, 2017
