Category Archives: World
French AIDS drama earns best reviews yet at Cannes Film fest
CANNES, France - “120 Beats Per Minute,” a French AIDS drama with a full heart and a pounding rhythm, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday and quickly joined the shortlist of fa...
May 20, 2017
Indian woman cuts off genitals of her alleged rapist
NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old woman in southern India cut off the genitals of a Hindu holy man who tried to rape her and who she alleged has been sexually assaulting her for the past eight years, police s...
May 20, 2017
In Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump opts to keep her head bare
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Ignoring President Donald Trump’s past admonition, U.S. first lady Melania Trump did not cover her head Saturday when they arrived in Saudi Arabia on the opening leg of hi...
May 20, 2017
Report: Trump says firing 'nut job' Comey took off pressure
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of “nut job” James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation h...
May 20, 2017
Pelosi: Trump 'vulnerable personally' amid Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has made himself “very vulnerable personally” amid investigations of his campaign ties with Russia, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday. She ...
May 20, 2017
US pitches plan to Russia to avoid armed conflict in Syria
WASHINGTON - The United States has proposed to Russia a plan for managing an increasingly complex battlefield in Syria’s main oil-producing region, where U.S.-backed forces fighting Islamic extr...
May 20, 2017
Iraq's special forces shrink IS stronghold in western Mosul
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s special forces declared their aspect of the mission to reclaim Mosul completed on Saturday. However heavy fighting still looms between other Iraqi forces and the Islamic State g...
May 20, 2017
Saudis welcome Trump with gold medal, receive arms package
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - President Donald Trump basked in Saudi Arabia’s lavish royal welcome Saturday as he left behind, at least temporarily, the snowballing controversies dogging him in Washing...
May 20, 2017
Iran's president trounces hard-liner to secure second term
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s moderate President Hassan Rouhani trounced a hard-line challenger to secure re-election Saturday, saying his country seeks peace and friendship as it pursues a “path ...
May 19, 2017
Hawaii-bound passengers noticed unruly man before take-off
HONOLULU - After landing in Honolulu on a flight from Los Angeles Friday, passengers described a midair disruption involving an unruly man whose attempts to get to the front of the jetliner prompted f...
May 19, 2017
