Category Archives: World
'Sliding into catastrophe': South Sudan famine could spread
AWEIL, South Sudan - Two months after the world’s youngest nation declared a famine amid its civil war, hunger has become more widespread than expected, aid workers say. South Sudan’s Nort...
Apr 11, 2017
Bombardment in Iraq's Mosul takes heavy toll on civilians
IRBIL, Iraq - Since she got struck by mortar shrapnel in Mosul just over a week ago, 10-year-old Nabaa has not been able to speak. A shard in her skull damaged part of her brain and doctors aren’...
Apr 11, 2017
Teen's quest for Wendy's nuggets gets huge Twitter support
RENO, Nev. - A teen’s Twitter stunt to win a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s might become the platform’s most retweeted post of all time. Carter Wilkinson asked the fast fo...
Apr 11, 2017
Dog Gone: 'General' opens doors, flees animal clinic
STAFFORD, Va. - A dog who escaped from a Virginia animal hospital after opening several doors has been found and reunited with his owner. Travis Campbell tells news outlets that his family was boardin...
Apr 11, 2017
Markets Right Now: US stock indexes drift to a mixed finish
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks ended up little changed on Wall Street as gains in real estate and industrial companies were cancelled out by losses...
Apr 11, 2017
Turkey: Tests confirm sarin used on Syrian town
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s health minister says test results conducted on victims of a chemical attack in northern Syria confirm that sarin gas was used. Recep Akdag said Tuesday that blood and u...
Apr 11, 2017
'Daily Show's' Hasan Minhaj to star at Correspondents Dinner
WASHINGTON - With President Donald Trump staying away, “The Daily Show’s” Hasan Minhaj is set to headline this year’s White House Correspondents Association dinner. In a press ...
Apr 11, 2017
Tillerson, top diplomats hold urgent meeting on Syria crisis
LUCCA, Italy - With fresh urgency but scant solutions, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and top foreign diplomats held an urgent meeting Tuesday to strategize on a way forward to end the protract...
Apr 11, 2017
8 arrested in connection with St. Petersburg bombing
MOSCOW - Eight members of extremist cells have been arrested in connection with last week’s deadly bombing on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russia’s intelligence chief said Tuesday. The su...
Apr 11, 2017
Hundreds of migrants at large after fire ravages French camp
GRANDE-SYNTHE, France - Authorities and aid workers are searching for several hundred migrants who disappeared after a fire ravaged their camp in northern France, a shocking blaze that exposed anew th...
Apr 11, 2017
