Category Archives: World
26 hostages, including Qatar royals, freed in bargain
BAGHDAD - Qatar has secured the release of 26 hostages after nearly a year and a half in captivity, including members of its ruling family, in what became possibly the region’s most complex and ...
Apr 21, 2017
By the numbers: Facts and figures about Queen Elizabeth II
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II, who celebrates her 91st birthday on Friday, is Britain’s oldest-ever monarch and the world’s longest-reigning king or queen. Here’s a look at some milest...
Apr 21, 2017
Spain state visit delayed by UK election
LONDON - Buckingham Palace says the state visit by the king and queen of Spain will be postponed because of Britain’s June 8 general election. The visit will now take place from July 12-14. King...
Apr 21, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II turns 91 with day at the horse races
LONDON - Britain marked Queen Elizabeth II’s 91st birthday on Friday with gun salutes, as the monarch herself enjoyed a family day and a trip to the races. The queen, who owns and breeds racehor...
Apr 21, 2017
Buyer wanted: Tiny Oregon town for sale
TILLER, Ore. - In the tiny, dying timber town of Tiller, the old cliche is true. If you blink, you might actually miss it. But these days, this dot on a map in southwestern Oregon is generating big-ci...
Apr 21, 2017
US Defence Sec'y Mattis: Syria still has chemical weapons
TEL AVIV, Israel - Syria still possesses chemical weapons, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said in Israel on Friday, warning against the banned munitions being used again. At a news conference in Te...
Apr 21, 2017
Trump tells young immigrants in US illegally to 'rest easy'
WASHINGTON - Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now here illegally can “rest easy,” President Donald Trump said Friday, telling the “dreamers” they will not b...
Apr 21, 2017
Hillary Clinton: Progress in LGBT rights may not be secure
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton told an audience of LGBT advocates Thursday night that the progress they’ve achieved in recent years may not be secure under the Donald Trump administration, and urged...
Apr 20, 2017
Drift analysis says MH370 likely crashed north of search
CANBERRA, Australia - Analysis of a genuine Boeing 777 wing flap has reaffirmed experts’ opinion that a missing Malaysian airliner most likely crashed north of an abandoned search area in the In...
Apr 20, 2017
Father of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan dies; served in Congress
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Lawrence Hogan Sr., a former Maryland congressman and father of Gov. Larry Hogan, died on Thursday at age 88, the governor’s spokesman said. Hogan suffered a major stroke Saturd...
Apr 20, 2017
