Category Archives: World
Changing Trump views toward Russia, China worry some allies
WASHINGTON - Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there’s more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. T...
Apr 17, 2017
Trump welcomes 21,000 to his first Easter Egg Roll
WASHINGTON - Opening his first White House Easter Egg Roll, President Donald Trump extolled the strength of America as thousands of kids, and some adults, reveled in the time-honoured tradition of rol...
Apr 17, 2017
A look at key moments in life of S. Korea's ex- leader
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Park Geun-hye, the recently deposed president of South Korea, was indicted on corruption and other charges in the latest blow for the country’s first female president...
Apr 17, 2017
Small plane crashes next to Lisbon-area supermarket; 5 dead
LISBON, Portugal - A small plane crashed Monday beside a supermarket near Lisbon, killing four people on board the aircraft and one on the ground. Four people were slightly injured, emergency services...
Apr 17, 2017
Vietnam villagers hold dozens of policemen in land dispute
HANOI, Vietnam - Villagers in Vietnam’s capital on Monday were holding more than 30 people, most of them policemen, over a land dispute in a rare defiance of the communist government. The stando...
Apr 17, 2017
About 100 Kashmir students hurt in clash with Indian troops
SRINAGAR, India - At least 100 Kashmiri students were injured Monday in anti-India protests and clashes with government forces in the divided Himalayan region. The protests began in Indian-controlled ...
Apr 17, 2017
Israel: No talks with Palestinian inmates on hunger strike
JERUSALEM - Israel will not negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who launched a hunger strike to press for better conditions, a government minister said Tuesday, adding that the organizer ...
Apr 17, 2017
Afghan officials: Taliban kill alleged adulterers and spies
KABUL - An Afghan official says that Taliban militants have stoned a man and a woman accused of adultery to death. Salim Sallhe, spokesman for the governor of Logar province, said the incident happene...
Apr 17, 2017
Prince Harry shares emotional struggles after Diana's death
LONDON - It is an image those who saw it will never forget: Prince William and Prince Harry - just boys, really - walking silently behind their mother’s cortege as the world mourned Princess Dia...
Apr 17, 2017
Reports: Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in western China
BEIJING - A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in western China in apparent protest against Beijing’s rule over the restive region, a monitoring group and a U.S. government-backed radio s...
Apr 17, 2017
