Category Archives: World
Trump heads into tough week with budget, health care battles
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is heading into one of the most challenging weeks of his presidency, juggling a renewed health care push and a looming budget deadline. It’s all complicated b...
Apr 23, 2017
Sicily prosecutor probes possible NGOs-smuggler 'contacts'
ROME - An investigation of humanitarian groups operating migrant rescue ships in the Mediterranean has turned up evidence of contacts between some NGOs and Libyan-based human smugglers, a prosecutor b...
Apr 23, 2017
German nationalists elect top duo for general election
BERLIN - Germany’s nationalist party Alternative for Germany on Sunday elected two new top candidates for the September general election after the party’s best-known politician, Frauke Pet...
Apr 23, 2017
Global finance leaders dodge conflict with Trump White House
WASHINGTON - Global finance leaders sought to avoid conflict with the Trump administration over trade and environmental policy and welcomed signs the world economy is pulling out of the doldrums. The ...
Apr 23, 2017
Roadside bomb in Somalia kills 8 soldiers, police say
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali police official says a roadside bomb in a remote town in Somalia’s semiautonomous state of Puntland has killed eight soldiers and injured three others. Ahmed Mohame...
Apr 23, 2017
British police arrest suspect in nightclub acid attack
LONDON - British police say they have arrested the boyfriend of a reality TV performer sought in connection to an acid attack at an east London nightclub. Police said Sunday that Arthur Collins had be...
Apr 23, 2017
Report: Anti-Semitism rises, but violence against Jews falls
TEL AVIV, Israel - Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according t...
Apr 23, 2017
FBI boss Comey arrives in New Zealand ahead of conference
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - FBI Director James Comey arrived in New Zealand on Sunday ahead of a conference, although officials were being cagey about the exact nature of his visit. Comey disembarked fr...
Apr 23, 2017
Author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann shot in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - The Italian-born author and conservationist Kuki Gallmann was shot at her Kenyan ranch and airlifted for treatment after herders invaded in search of pasture to save their animals fro...
Apr 23, 2017
Syrian troops capture central town after heavy clashes
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces have captured a central town and adjacent villages, boosting security in nearby areas loyal to President Bashar Assad, and marched deeper into a rebel-held neighbourh...
Apr 23, 2017
