Category Archives: World
Philippines says foreigners among IS-linked gunmen in south
ILIGAN, Philippines - Foreign fighters are among the militants linked to the Islamic State group who are battling government troops in the southern Philippines, an official said Friday. Solicitor Gene...
May 25, 2017
Montenegro defies Russia to become NATO member
PODGORICA, Montenegro - NATO is set to expand for the first time after eight years by welcoming Montenegro into the alliance. The tiny Balkan nation is attending the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursda...
May 25, 2017
NATO, the world's biggest military alliance, explained
BRUSSELS - It sounds strange to characterize the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a huge gun club, but the comparison can be useful in understanding the world’s biggest military alliance. L...
May 25, 2017
NATO leaders meet under intense Trump pressure on spending
BRUSSELS - Meeting fellow NATO leaders for the first time, President Donald Trump aggressively challenged them Thursday to spend more on their own defence, putting the alliance under exceptional press...
May 25, 2017
Wine and weed? Some Oregon vineyards try hand at pot farming
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. - Bill and Barbara Steele moved to this sleepy corner of Oregon to start their own winery after successful, high-powered business careers. Now, more than a decade later and with awa...
May 25, 2017
Jerusalem still suffers from divisions, 50 years after war
JERUSALEM - Israel is marking this week the 50th anniversary of its capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East war - an event it celebrates as the “unification” of its eternal capit...
May 25, 2017
NYC police watchdog cited for improper remarks
New York’s newly named top investigator of police misconduct was himself the subject of workplace complaints, accused among other things of making an inappropriate joke about a colleague’s...
May 25, 2017
Gov. Walker wants Wisconsin to drug test Medicaid applicants
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require able-bodied, childless adults applying for Medicaid health benefits to undergo drug screening, a mov...
May 25, 2017
From Trump to Oprah, speakers offer parting advice to grads
BOSTON - Oprah Winfrey told students to live with purpose. President Donald Trump said to ignore the naysayers. Will Ferrell sang some Whitney Houston. Those are a few of the speakers who have taken t...
May 25, 2017
Debate rages in India on IVF for women over 50
ELLENABAD, India - To see Manjeet Kaur around her little daughter is to see joy at its purest. The 15-month-old toddles about the sprawling courtyard of her parents’ farm, her oily curls tied up...
May 25, 2017
