Category Archives: World
Man gets 2-cent check from government and doesn't know why
LYNN, Mass. - A Massachusetts man has a ready answer when asked for his two cents’ worth: He presents a check he got from the government. Bruce Rideout, of Lynn, tells The Daily Item (http://bit...
Apr 12, 2017
Parents of girl who ingested meth charged with endangerment
PINE GROVE, Pa. - Parents of a toddler who ingested methamphetamine in their Pennsylvania home have been jailed on child endangerment and other charges. State police on Tuesday filed the charges again...
Apr 12, 2017
Syria population transfer begins with exchange of prisoners
BEIRUT - Syria’s government and rebels have exchanged more than 30 prisoners and nine bodies, part of a larger agreement to evacuate thousands of residents from four besieged areas in different ...
Apr 12, 2017
Xi stresses China's North Korea concerns in talk with Trump
Beijing is willing to work with Washington on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program but wants a peaceful solution to the escalating conflict, Chinese President Xi Jinping told President D...
Apr 12, 2017
US show of force to North Korea also could show US weakness
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration’s decision to send an aircraft carrier to waters off the Korean Peninsula is meant as a show of force, but it also could expose American weakness. If North ...
Apr 12, 2017
Trump seems to rule out deeper US intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is appearing to rule out deeper American military intervention in Syria beyond retaliatory strikes if Syrian President Bashar Assad continues his assault on civilia...
Apr 12, 2017
Yemen president's forces attack, 38 killed in heavy fighting
SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni security and military officials say forces loyal to Yemen’s internationally recognized president have launched an attack on Shiite rebels around the southeastern port city ...
Apr 12, 2017
Spain: 2 adults and 1 child die as migrant boat capsizes
MADRID - Three migrants who were trying to reach Europe, including a 10-year-old girl, died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, Spain’s maritime rescue service said Wednesday. A ...
Apr 12, 2017
Somalia's military rescues 8 Indian crew held by pirates
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia’s military has rescued eight Indian crew members who had been held hostage by pirates, an official said Wednesday. The sailors of a ship hijacked last week were resc...
Apr 12, 2017
Hungarian top court repeals village's ban on mosques, burkas
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary’s constitutional Court on Wednesday repealed a ban by a village led by a far-right mayor on the construction of mosques and headscarves like burkas and chadors worn b...
Apr 12, 2017
