Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump offered Wednesday to personally broker a resolution to the Persian Gulf’s escalating diplomatic crisis, as both he and Qatar looked past his pointed suggestio...

SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities say nearly two dozen horses escaped from their stable in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park before they were wrangled by rangers. KTVU reports (bit.ly/2r290ek) the hors...

LONDON - Britain votes for a new Parliament and government Thursday after a campaign of three phases: the sleepy election, the surprising election and the security election. What initially seemed the ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s administration has granted about two dozen ethics waivers to ex-lobbyists and others now working in government - outpacing former President Barack ObamaR...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered solace to the victims of the twin terrorist attacks in Iran while suggesting Tehran bears some culpability, saying “states that sponsor t...

MADRID - Spain’s Banco Santander is paying 1 euro to take over troubled rival Banco Popular, in a deal that showcases Europe’s new system to rescue failing banks without burdening taxpayer...

EVANSTON, Ill. - A replica of an Assyrian statue destroyed by Islamic State militants in Iraq in 2014 will soar over tourists in London’s Trafalgar Square beginning in March, courtesy of a visio...

TRENTON, N.J. - President Donald Trump and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won’t be on the ballot in New Jersey this fall, but the newly minted Democratic and Republican nominees for governor are...

LOS ANGELES - Jimmy Gomez is going to have a hard time keeping some of his promises. The liberal California Democrat who easily captured a vacant U.S. House seat on Tuesday goes to a Republican-contro...

LAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria, West Africa’s economic and military powerhouse, is adrift as President Muhammadu Buhari has been in London for medical treatment for a month as of Wednesday, worrying m...