Category Archives: World
US test fires ballistic missile from California coastal base
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - An unarmed missile capable of sending a nuclear bomb across the world was launched Wednesday from a coastal California military base amid rising tensions between th...
May 03, 2017
Abbas stops funding Gaza electricity to pressure Hamas
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - The West Bank-based government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will stop paying for electricity in the power-starved Gaza Strip and “dry up” the fl...
May 03, 2017
India summons Pakistan envoy over killing of 2 soldiers
NEW DELHI - A top Indian diplomat Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to demand that Islamabad take action against soldiers and officers responsible for the killing and mutilation of two In...
May 03, 2017
US asked that 1,934 Americans' names be 'unmasked' in intel
WASHINGTON - Government officials requested to know the identities of more than 1,900 Americans whose information was swept up in National Security Agency surveillance programs last year, according to...
May 03, 2017
Le Pen and Macron clash in no holds-barred debate in France
PARIS - The only face-to-face televised debate between France’s presidential candidates turned into an uncivil, no-holds-barred head-on clash of styles, politics and personalities Wednesday. Emm...
May 03, 2017
Indian police detain 3 in beating death of Muslim man
LUCKNOW, India - Indian police have detained three members of a Hindu militia for suspected involvement in the killing of a Muslim man who they blamed for helping an interfaith couple elope. Police of...
May 03, 2017
UAE says 'significant breakthrough' reached in Libya talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday said talks between two rival Libyan leaders led to a “significant breakthrough” in efforts to end years of chaos that ha...
May 03, 2017
Czech leaders meet president on political crisis
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech leaders met with President Milos Zeman on Wednesday in efforts to resolve a political crisis triggered by the prime minister’s decision to resign with his governme...
May 03, 2017
Australian leader says North Korea will dominate Trump talks
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump will engage as two seasoned businessmen-turned-politicians when they meet for the first ti...
May 03, 2017
UN rights envoy was followed in China, sources intimidated
BEIJING - A U.N. representative on human rights said that he was followed by security officers in disguise during an official trip to China and that some activists he met with may have suffered intimi...
May 03, 2017
