Category Archives: World
Royal relationship: Meghan Markle at Prince Harry polo match
LONDON - American actress Meghan Markle has attended a celebrity polo match near London where Prince Harry was playing, increasing British press speculation about their relationship. Photographs from ...
May 07, 2017
Miners at disaster site besiege Iranian president's car
TEHRAN, Iran - Angry coal miners besieged a car carrying Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday after he visited the site of a deadly mine explosion, a rare protest targeting the nation’s to...
May 07, 2017
IS kills 2 in attack on Iraqi Kurdish base
KIRKUK, Iraq - Islamic State militants attacked a base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing two soldiers before U.S.-led forces launched a wave of airstrikes to repel the assault,...
May 07, 2017
Somalia says regional al-Shabab leader is killed in raid
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A regional leader of the al-Shabab extremist group has been killed in a raid by Somalia’s military, the government announced Sunday, as the country’s new offensive aga...
May 07, 2017
A polished Le Pen maintains gritty image in French vote
PARIS - The months of grueling campaigning have polished her image. The driving ambition has been softened to widen her appeal to French voters. But Marine Le Pen has not lost the gritty, populist edg...
May 07, 2017
Banker, economic adviser and now youngest French president
PARIS - Emmanuel Macron has been a star student, a champion of France’s tech startup movement, an investment banker and economy minister. But the man who will become France’s youngest pres...
May 07, 2017
Legend of 1977 Grateful Dead show at Cornell lives on
ITHACA, N.Y. - The Grateful Dead performed thousands of concerts, none acclaimed quite like their May 8, 1977, show at a Cornell University field house on a freakishly snowy night. Revered by Deadhead...
May 07, 2017
Pakistan, Afghanistan dispute toll after clashes
QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistan said Sunday its forces killed at least 50 Afghan troops and destroyed five checkpoints in clashes along the disputed border two days earlier, while Afghanistan dismissed th...
May 07, 2017
Truck-bus collision in central Vietnam kills 12, injures 33
HANOI, Vietnam - A truck has collided with a passenger bus in central Vietnam, killing 12 people and injuring 33. State-run Lao Dong newspaper says 11 people died on the spot following the collision e...
May 07, 2017
Gunfight between Indian police, rebels kills 5 in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - Rebels attacked a police squad in the Indian portion of Kashmir, triggering a gunbattle that left three civilians, one officer and an assailant dead, police said Sunday. The unit cam...
May 07, 2017
