Category Archives: World

BOSTON - Five letters authenticated by state officials show Aaron Hernandez asked prison officials to share a cell with inmates he described as close friends. In a June 2015 letter, Hernandez asks to ...

CANNES, France - Julian Schnabel will direct a film about Vincent van Gogh starring Willem Dafoe as the Dutch post-impressionist master. The film, titled “At Eternity’s Gate,” was an...

NEW YORK - Fears of a terrorist attack prompted officials to ring many of the pedestrian plazas of Times Square with squat steel posts capable of stopping a speeding vehicle. But those barriers only c...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has sanctioned nine more U.S.-linked businesses, organizations and people over America’s sanctions over its ballistic missile program. Iran’s Foreign Ministry published...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s electoral victory Saturday, what’s next for the Islamic Republic? Here’s some things to watch for: HARD-LINERS&...

BARCELONA, Spain - Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has rejected the Spanish government’s offer to present his proposal for a regional independence referendum before Parliament. Puigdemont sa...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As Iran’s chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname “diplomat sheikh” when negotiators in 2004 reached a deal that saw the Islamic Republi...

DETROIT - Fans have gathered at a Detroit concert venue to remember singer Chris Cornell. A candlelight vigil was held Friday night outside the Fox Theatre where Cornell performed Wednesday night with...

BEIRUT - The final batch of opposition fighters and their families began leaving a besieged neighbourhood in the central city of Homs Saturday, a move that will bring the country’s third largest...

ABUJA, Nigeria - The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families Saturday as anxious parents looked for signs of how deep...