Category Archives: World
Airstrikes fuel Mosul gains as Iraq pushes for quick victory
MOSUL, Iraq - Half a dozen units of Islamic State group fighters holed up in western Mosul began their morning radio checks at just after 4 a.m. It was still dark and Iraqi forces deployed a few block...
May 18, 2017
Chinese, S. Korean officials seek to mend rift with meetings
BEIJING - A senior foreign policy adviser to Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance of relations with South Korea on Friday as the two countries attempt to mend a rift in ties over the d...
May 18, 2017
German minister: need to continue US intel co-operation
BERLIN - Germany’s foreign minister says it’s “absolutely necessary” to continue intelligence co-operation with the United States amid a furor over President Donald Trump’...
May 18, 2017
Building collapse in Sri Lanka's capital kills 1, injures 22
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A five-story building under construction in Sri Lanka’s capital collapsed Thursday, killing one and injuring at least 22 people, officials said. Those injured in the collaps...
May 18, 2017
4 Indonesian soldiers killed in South China Sea exercise
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Four Indonesian soldiers were killed when a Chinese-made anti-aircraft cannon malfunctioned during an exercise in the Natuna island chain in the South China Sea, the Indonesian mi...
May 18, 2017
Black leaders to Tulsa: Act on pledges of racial harmony
TULSA, Okla. - Tulsa community leaders say the acquittal of a white Oklahoma police officer who killed an unarmed black man ripped open a long-festering wound. From the mayor’s office to schools...
May 18, 2017
Austrian Greens party head resigns from all functions
VIENNA - The head of Austria’s Greens party has resigned from all party functions and says she will also give up her seat in parliament. Austria’s political landscape is in turmoil. The go...
May 18, 2017
S. Korean president vows to reopen probe into 1980 massacre
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea’s new liberal president vowed Thursday to reopen an investigation into the government’s role in the violent suppression of a 1980 democratic uprisin...
May 18, 2017
Israeli university department criticized for nixing anthem
JERUSALEM - An Israeli university department’s decision not to play the national anthem at a graduation ceremony on Thursday has sparked outrage from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s go...
May 18, 2017
Applications for US jobless aid fell to 3-month low of 232K
WASHINGTON - Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign Americans are benefiting from solid job security. THE NUMBERS: Applications for weekly unemployment aid fell 4,000 to 232,...
May 18, 2017
