Category Archives: World
Key moments of Trump-Comey clash and what's come after
WASHINGTON - The standoff between President Donald Trump and his former FBI director intensified with the news of James Comey’s memo saying that Trump asked him to shut down the agency’s i...
May 17, 2017
Q&A: Would Trump request to end Flynn probe have broken law?
WASHINGTON - Some lawmakers are accusing President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice after revelations that FBI Director James Comey wrote a private account of the president asking him to shut do...
May 17, 2017
Residents take stock after night of tornadoes in central US
ELK CITY, Okla. - Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were levelled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even a...
May 17, 2017
Closer medical watch of tens of hunger-striking Palestinians
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - Several dozen hunger-striking Palestinians have been transferred from their cells to special wings in Israeli prisons for additional medical supervision, a spokesman ...
May 17, 2017
Christian sect attacks Congo prison, frees leader, 50 others
KINSHASA, Congo - Christian sect members stormed a prison in Congo’s capital Wednesday, freeing the leader of their movement and 50 others, Congo’s justice minister said. Bundu dia Kongo m...
May 17, 2017
Copenhagen police detain 25 after squatter anniversary riots
COPENHAGEN - Police in Denmark say that 25 people have been detained for allegedly taking part in clashes during a March protest marking the 10th anniversary of a squatter eviction that sparked riots ...
May 17, 2017
Gunmen attack state TV in eastern Afghanistan, 10 killed
KABUL - Gunmen stormed the local headquarters of Afghanistan’s state media in the eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, setting off clashes that killed 10 people, officials said. Inamullah Mi...
May 17, 2017
French president's Cabinet mixes old and new, left and right
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron named a mix of prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right Wednesday to make up the government tasked with pushing through his plans to reduce la...
May 17, 2017
German leaders court migrants from Russia ahead of election
BERLIN - As Germany gears up for a general election in September, politicians are reaching out to migrants from Russia in an effort to tap what is seen as a long-neglected group of voters. Chancellor ...
May 17, 2017
Iran's top leader urges high turnout in presidential vote
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s supreme leader called on Wednesday for a high turnout in this week’s presidential election, urging voters to head to the polls and send a message to the United States...
May 17, 2017
