Category Archives: World
China punishes official for not daring to smoke near Muslims
BEIJING - Authorities in China’s restive Xinjiang region have punished a local official for declining to smoke in front of Muslim elders, seeing that as a sign he was insufficiently committed to...
Apr 11, 2017
Toddler somehow gets onto Louisiana road, is killed by truck
SLIDELL, La. - Authorities are trying to determine how a 17-month-old girl wound up in a road where she was struck and killed by a truck. NOLA.com ‘ The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2p2...
Apr 11, 2017
G-7 ministers appeal to Russia on Syria but reject sanctions
LUCCA, Italy - The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Tuesday urged Russia to pressure the Syrian government to end the six-year civil war, but rejected a British call to impose new sanctions on...
Apr 11, 2017
United passenger's removal sparks outrage in China
BEIJING - Images of a bloodied man being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago drew widespread condemnation in China, where state media fueled the public’s anger with reports...
Apr 11, 2017
Trump declares US-Russia relations may be at 'all-time low'
WASHINGTON - Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that U.S. relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” His ...
Apr 11, 2017
Japan crown prince: Malaysia can be model for diversity
TOKYO - Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito said Tuesday that he believes Malaysia’s success is based on its diversity and tolerance, and the country can be a model for a world faced with confli...
Apr 11, 2017
Lawyer: Uzbek man pleads guilty in Stockholm truck attack
STOCKHOLM - A 39-year-old old Uzbek man has pleaded guilty to a terrorist crime after ramming a truck into a crowd in Stockholm, killing four people and wounding 15, his lawyer said Tuesday. The Stock...
Apr 11, 2017
Veteran kills wife at California school after making threats
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - The man who opened fire in a San Bernardino school was a deeply religious Navy veteran who accused his newlywed wife of infidelity. They had separated and when they did not re...
Apr 11, 2017
Turkey: Kurdish rebels claim attack at police station
ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish rebels on Wednesday claimed an attack at a police station in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir which authorities said was carried out with a ton of explosives planted insi...
Apr 11, 2017
Elephants soak passers-by ahead of boisterous Thai holiday
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Trained elephants sprayed motorists and passers-by with water in Thailand’s old capital city of Ayutthaya on Tuesday to welcome in the Buddhist New Year, known as “So...
Apr 11, 2017
